Operation Cedar Falls

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Operation Cedar Falls

Date	8 January - 26 January 1967
Location	Cu Chi Republic of Vietnam
Result	United States failed to destroy Cu Chi tunnels

Combatants

United States
South Vietnam

Democratic Republic of Vietnam
National Liberation Front

Commanders

Unknown

Strength

30,000 troops

Unknown

Casualties

US:73 killed, 337 wounded
ARVN:114 killed, 8 wounded

735 killed,
28 captured

Vietnam War
Ap Bac – Binh Gia –Pleiku – Song Be – Dong Xoai – Gang Toi – Ia Drang – Hastings – A Shau – Duc Co –Long Tan – Attleboro – *Cedar Falls* – Tra Binh Dong – Junction City – Hill 881 – Ong Thanh – Dak To – 1st Tet – Khe Sanh – 1st Saigon – Hue – Lang Vei – Lima Site 85 – Kham Duc – Dewey Canyon – 2nd Tet – Hamburger Hill – Binh Ba – Cambodia – Snuol – FSB Ripcord – Lam Son 719 – Ban Dong –FSB Mary Ann – Easter '72 – 1st Quang Tri –Loc Ninh – An Loc – Kontum – 2nd Quang Tri –Phuoc Long – Ho Chi Minh – Buon Me Thuot – Xuan Loc – Truong Sa –2nd Saigon – Rolling Thunder – Barrell Roll – Pony Express – Steel Tiger – Tiger Hound – Tailwind – Commando Hunt – Linebacker I – Linebacker II – Chenla I – Chenla II – SS Mayagüez

Operation Cedar Falls was conducted by the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War on January 8 – January 26, 1967 to root out Viet Cong base camps in the so-called Iron Triangle. The operation involved nearly 16,000 American and 14,000 South Vietnamese troops. The Viet Cong chose not to fight and melted away into the jungle. In response, tunnel rats were introduced to root them out. This was the first time they were used^[1].

1 Casualties
2 Salvage
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Casualties

U.S. and South Vietnamese forces accounted for nearly 750 confirmed enemy dead and 28 prisoners. Enemy equipment losses were 23 crew-served weapons, 590 individual weapons, and over 2,800 explosive items such as mines, grenades, and mortar and artillery rounds. Some 100 bunkers, 25 tunnels, and over 500 structures were destroyed.

U.S. battle losses totaled 73 killed and 337 wounded; those for the South Vietnamese, 114 killed and 8 wounded. U.S. equipment lost included 2 tank and 5 armored personnel carriers. Damage was sustained by 3 tanks, 9 APC's, 1 tankdozer, 2 jeeps and 2 light observation helicopters. The South Vietnamese lost 3 individual weapons.

[edit] Salvage

Over 60,000 rounds of small arms ammunition were captured, as were many miscellaneous items of equipment, including over 7,500 uniforms. Captured were also 3,700 tons of rice, enough to feed 13,000 troops for a full year, and more than a half million pages of assorted documents.