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Operation Wheeler/Wallowa
Part of the Vietnam War
Date 11 September 1967- February 1968 Location Hiep Duc-Que Son Valley, South Vietnam Result U.S. victory
Belligerents
United States	North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
	Unknown
Units involved
Initially 101st Airborne Division 1st Brigade CT 1st Cavalry Division 3rd Brigade CT	2nd Division
Casualties and losses
110 killed, 2 missing, 473 wounded	865 killed

101st Airborne Division

1st Cavalry Division

Operation Wheeler/Wallowa was a U.S. offensive operation during the Vietnam War, launched on 11 September 1967 and concluding in February 1968.

Operation Wheeler was launched on 11 September 1967, under the control of the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. The operation was characterized by battalion size combat assaults of the high ground west of Tam Ky in Quang Nam province. These combat assaults were followed by search and destroy operations to find and destroy enemy forces, base camps, and fortifications. The operation was coordinated with the U.S. Marine Corps/Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Operation Swift/Lien Ket 116 in the Quế Sơn Valley.

Operation Wallowa was launched on 4 October 1967 under the control of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. The operation involved intensive surveillance of the Hiep Duc-Que Son Valley. Small units were combat assaulted into the area to find the enemy prior to the insertion of ready reaction forces.

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