Outcome
By the morning of April 22 the PAVN had been driven out of Binh Son and withdrew to the north. From that time until the end of Operation Union on May 14 the PAVN was hotly pursued by the Marines and the 1st ARVN Ranger Group in a series of bitter engagements that were costly to both sides.
The PAVN 21st Regiment sustained hundreds of casualties and was left unfit for combat. It is believed that Operation Union, together with the succeeding Operation Union II, inflicted over three thousand casualties on the PAVN. Although the Communists had lost ground around Nui Loc Son they remained in firm control of much of the rest of the Que Son Valley and were steadily reinforced.
The 5th Marine Regiment also sustained over 300 casualties and the entire regiment received the Presidential Unit Citation (US) awarded by President Lyndon Johnson.
On May 26, 5th Marines, which had assumed control of the latter stages of Operation Union, kicked off Operation Union II.
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