Operation Sunset Beach
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Date2 September – 11 October 1966
Location
Result
U.S. claims operational success
| Operation Sunset Beach | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Vietnam War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States |
 Viet Cong | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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MGen Frederick C. Weyand Col. Thomas M. Tarpley | |||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 29 killed |
US body count: 80 killed 135 estimated killed | ||||||
Operation Sunset Beach was an operation conducted by the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division in Hậu Nghĩa Province, southeastern Tây Ninh Province and southwestern Bình Dương Province, lasting from 2 September to 11 October 1966.[1]
