Operation Wheeler/Wallowa
| Operation Wheeler/Wallowa | |||||||
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| Part of the Vietnam War | |||||||
101st Airborne 81mm mortar crew firing during Operation Wheeler | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | North Vietnam | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| MG Samuel W. Koster |
Lê Hữu Trữ † Giáp Văn Cương | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| 2nd Division | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 682 killed |
Per US body count claim: 10,008 killed 600 weapons recovered (up to January 1968) | ||||||
Operation Wheeler/Wallowa was a U.S. offensive operation during the Vietnam War, launched on 11 September 1967 as two separate operations and concluding in November 1968. Initially named Operation Wheeler and Wallowa, they were merged in November 1967 as Wheeler/Wallowa. The operation was at first conducted by the 101st Airborne Division and 1st Cavalry Division, but it was progressively taken over by 23rd Infantry (Americal) Division.
Some of the Tiger Force killings took place during the operation.