Operation Kentucky Jumper
| Operation Kentucky Jumper | |||||
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| Part of the Vietnam War | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
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United States South Vietnam | North Vietnam | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
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Melvin Zais John M. Wright Ngô Quang Trưởng |
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| Strength | |||||
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101st Airborne Division 3rd Regiment, 1st Infantry Division |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 61 killed | 317 killed | ||||
Operation Kentucky Jumper was a joint U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) military operation during the Vietnam War designed to seek out and destroy People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Vietcong (VC) units, interdict their base areas and infiltration routes and to support the Accelerated Pacification Program southwest of Huế, Thừa Thiên Province.