On 1 May a Troop A, 1st Battalion, 1st Cavalry RegimentACAV hit a 155mm artillery round rigged as a mine, destroying the ACAV. On 2 May Headquarters Company, 1/1st Cavalry detonated a mine resulting in 1 US killed. On 12 May Troop C, 1/1st Cavalry hit a mine resulting in 1 US killed and Troop A, 1/1st Cavalry killed 2 PAVN and captured 3 weapons. On 14 May a Forward Air Controller directed fire killing15 PAVN and Troop F, 17th Cavalry Regiment detonated a mine resulting in 5 US killed. On 15 May a patrol from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment was ambushed resulting in 2 US killed and 4 PAVN/VC killed. On 17 May Company A, 2/1st killed 2 PAVN. On 19 May Company B, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment killed 1 VC. On 20 May Troop A, 1/1st Cavalry found 4 VC graves and Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment fire killed 1 VC. On 21 May Company D, 2/1st Infantry killed 2 VC, Troop A, 1/1st Cavalry found 1 VC killed by artillery fire and a Company B, 2/1st mechanical ambush killed 1 PAVN and 1 weapon was captured. On 22 May Recon Company, 2/1st killed 1 VC and Troop C, 1/1st Cavalry killed 2 VC and captured 1 weapon. On 23 May a Company B, 2/1st mechanical ambush killed 1 VC and 1 weapon was captured, Company B, 3/21st killed 2 VC, Troop C, 1/1st Cavalry killed 2 VC and gunships from Troop F, 8th Cavalry Regiment killed 2 VC. On 24 May Company B, 2/1st found 2 dead VC killed by air and Troop C, 1/1st Cavalry killed 6 VC and captured 3 individual and 1 crew-served weapon. On 25 May Troop C, 1/1st Cavalry killed 4 VC. On 26 May a Recon Company, 2/1st mechanical ambush killed 1 VC. On 27 May Recon Company, 2/1st killed 2 VC and Battery A, 3/16th Artillery fire killed 4 VC. On 28 May a 173rd Aviation CompanyUH-1H was shot down. On 29 May a FAC observed 3 VC killed by artillery, Troop F, 8th Cavalry attacked a bunker killing 1 VC, capturing 3 weapons and detaining 5 suspects and Company A, 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment attacked a bunker complex killing 4 VC. On 31 May a Recon Company 3/21st ambush killed 1 VC and Company C, 3/21st killed 2 VC. On 1 June Recon Company, 2/1st killed 1 PAVN. On 2 June a Company D, 2/1st soldier was killed by a booby-trap, Troop F, 8th Cavalry engaged a PAVN/VC force capturing1 weapon and detaining 1 suspected VC and Troop D, 1/1st Cavalry killed 3 VC. On 3 June Company D, 3/21st detained 1 suspect and captured 1 weapon, Troop A, 1/1st Cavalry killed 1 VC and captured 1 weapon and Troop C, 1/1st Cavalry found 1 crew-served weapon. On 4 June 3 VC were killed by artillery fire. On 5 June a Recon Company, 3/21st mechanical ambush killed 2 PAVN and 1 weapon was captured, Troop C, 1/1st Cavalry killed 1 VC and captured 1 weapon and Troop F, 8th Cavalry killed 2 PAVN and detained 1 suspect. On 6 June Company B, 1/46th ambushed 10 VC killing 4 and capturing 1 weapon. On 8 June Troop B, 1/1st cavalry killed 5 PAVN and detained 3 suspects. Between 9 and 11 June Company C, 3//21st killed 2 PAVN and captured 2 weapons and a Company D, 1/46th mechanical ambush killed 2 PAVN and 2 weapons were captured. On 12 June Troop F, 17th Cavalry Regiment detonated a mine resulting in 1 US killed. On 19 June Troop F, 8th Cavalry killed 2 PPAVN and captured 1 weapon. On 20 June Recon Company, 2/1st killed 2 VC and captured 1 weapon and a Company A, 1/46th mechanical ambush killed 1 PAVN and 1 weapon was captured. On 22 June Troop F, 8th Cavalry killed 2 VC. On 23 June Troop F, 8th Cavalry killed 1 PAVN. On 25 June Troop F, 8th Cavalry’s aero-rifle platoon killed 5 VC. On 27 June Company C, 3/21st killed 1 VC. On 28 June Troop A, 1/1st Cavalry found 2 weapons, a Brigade LOH was shot down with 1 crewmember killed and 3 VC killed. On 30 June Company C, 3/21st killed 5 PAVN/VC and detained 1 suspect and Troop D, 1/1st Cavalry killed 1 PAVN.
Aftermath
The operation ended on 1 July 1971. US losses were 15 killed, PAVN/VC losses were 161 killed, 11 captured and 81 individual and 10 crew-served weapons captured.
