Operation Fillmore
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| Operation Fillmore | |||||||
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| Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States |  North Vietnam | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| BG Willard Pearson | | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division | | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 8 killed | U.S body count: 134 killed 35 captured | ||||||
Operation Fillmore was an operation conducted by the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division in Phú Yên Province, lasting from 26 March to 21 July 1966.[1]
Prelude[edit]
Operation Fillmore was a continuation of the harvest security operations of Operation Harrison.[1]
Operation[edit]
The 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment was retained as a reserve force at Tuy Hoa Air Base, while the 2/327th Infantry and the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment patrolled the rice-growing plains and the western foothills.[1]
In early April, 2/502nd Infantry was rotated to Tuy Hoa Air Base and 1/327th and 2/327th began a block and sweep operation in the mountains northwest of Tuy Hòa. On 7 April a company from 1/327th engaged an entrenched company-sized force, killing 28 defenders.[1]
Given that the PAVN had apparently withdrawn from the Tuy Hòa Valley, on 9 April 1/327th and 2/502nd were redeployed, leaving only the 2/327th Infantry to continue operations.[1]: 194
Aftermath[edit]
Operation Fillmore officially concluded on 21 July, the US claimed PAVN losses were 134 killed and 35 captured, U.S. losses were 8 killed.[1]: 194
References[edit]
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Army Center of Military History.