Operation Pershing

Operation Pershing
Part of Vietnam War

quad 50 machine gun during Operation Pershing
Date12 February 1967 – 19 January 1968
(11 months and 1 week)
Location
Bình Định Province, South Vietnam
Belligerents
United States
South Vietnam
 South Korea		 Vietnam North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
United States John Norton
United States John J. Tolson		 Le Truc
Vo Thu
Units involved
United States 1st Cavalry Division
United States 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
South Vietnam 22nd Division
South Korea Capital Division		 3rd Division
Casualties and losses
United States 852 killed
22 missing
South Vietnam 30+ killed
Per PAVN claim:
5,000+ killed, wounded or captured:chapter 4		 5,401 killed

Operation Pershing was an operation conducted by the United States (US) 1st Cavalry Division, the US 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 22nd Division and the South Korean Capital Division in Bình Định Province, lasting from 12 February 1967 to 19 January 1968.

The operation concluded on 19 January 1968 with the 1st Cavalry Division being ordered to move 350 km north from Landing Zone English (LZ English) in Bình Định Province to Camp Evans in Thừa Thiên Province as part of Operation Checkers, to increase the number of maneuver battalions in I Corps in order to support the besieged Marines at Khe Sanh Combat Base and defeat any other People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) attack across the DMZ.

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