Operations Malheur I and Malheur II | |||||||
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Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
Task Force Oregon Operational Area April - July 1967 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States South Vietnam |
North Vietnam Viet Cong | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Salve H. Matheson |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
81 killed |
US body count 869 killed 314 weapons recovered |
Operation Malheur I and Operation Malheur II were a series of search and destroy operations conducted by the 1st Brigade 101st Airborne Division operating as part of Task Force Oregon in Quảng Ngãi Province.[1]