[1] On 11 July the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment assaulted an entrenched PAVN position on Hill 996 (16°13′04″N 107°09′36″E / 16.2178°N 107.160°E / 16.2178; 107.160) in the western A Sầu Valley, losing 16 killed, including the battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Arnold Hayward; PAVN losses were ten killed.

[3] On 18 July at 15:00 elements of the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, air-assaulted into an area 33 miles (53 km) southwest of Huế, received small arms fire.

[2]: 40 On 22 July 3rd Brigade troops discovered the bodies of 12 PAVN soldiers 32 miles (51 km) west southwest of Huế.

[2]: 46 On 3 August at 21:10 an armored cavalry element under the control of the 3rd Brigade, in a night defensive position 30 miles (48 km) south of Huế was attacked by PAVN.

The troopers defended with unit weapons, including tank guns, and were supported by a USAF AC-47 Spooky gunship.

[4]: 12 On 7 August at 07:30 an element of the 3rd Brigade, operating in a jungle area 11 miles (18 km) northwest of A Shau and 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the Laotian border received heavy small arms, automatic weapons, and rocket-propelled grenade fire from a PAVN force.

A later sweep of the area found six graves of PAVN apparently killed by airstrikes two days previously.