 Operations in the area continued until the 27th, but when nothing more of substance occurred, Kinnard decided to abandon the Kim Son Valley.That evening he attached two battalions from 1st Brigade to 2nd Brigade and returned the 1st's command group and 1/12th Cavalry to Camp Radcliff.In all, the 1st Brigade had accounted for up to 160 PAVN/VC killed while losing 29 of its own men.