# List of known U.S. combat parachute jumps

This is a list of known parachute jumps into combat zones by troops and units of the United States military. Participation in such jumps is recognized by certain Parachutist Badges.
List of known U.S. combat parachute jumps :
| Date | Unit | Operation | Troopers | Country | Dropzone |
| 8 November 1942 | 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion (PIB) | Torch | 556 | Algeria | Tafaraoui airfield, La Senia |
| 15 November 1942 | 509th PIB | Torch | 300–350 | Algeria | Youks les Bains |
| 24 December 1942 | 509th PIB, Headquarters Company Two French paratroopers | | 32 | Tunisia | El Djem |
| 9 July 1943 | 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 3rd Battalion (jumped first). 505th Regimental Combat Team (RCT), including 505th PIR, 456th Parachute Field Artillery (PFA), 307th Engineering Battalion (Engr.), Company B. | Husky I | 3,406 | Italy | Gela, Sicily |
| 10 July 1943 | 504th RCT, including 504th PIR, 1st & 2nd Btn.; 376th PFA, 307th Engr., Co. A | Husky II | 2,304 | Italy | Gela, Sicily |
| 5 September 1943 | 503th PIR | | 1,700 | New Guinea | Nadzab, Markham Valley |
| 13 September 1943 | 504th RCT, including 504th PIR, 376th PFA, 307th Engr., Co. A | Avalanche | 1,300 | Italy | Paestum, Salerno |
| 14 September 1943 | 505th RCT, including 505th PIR, 456th PFA, 370th Engr., Co. B | Avalanche | 2,105 | Italy | Salerno, Paestum |
| 14 September 1943 | 509th PIB | Avalanche | 640 | Italy | Avellino |
| 6 June 1944 | 82nd Airborne Division (507, 508) 505th RCT, including 505th PIR, 307th Engr. Co. B, 456th PFA. 28 Pathfinders, 504th PIR, (7 returned). | Overlord, Titanic (Dropping of parachute dummies, "Oscar"). | 6,418 | France | Normandy |
| 6 June 1944 | 101st Airborne Division [326, 377, 501, 502, 506] | Overlord, Titanic (Dropping of parachute dummies, "Oscar"). | 6,638 | France | Normandy |
| 3 July 1944 | 503rd PRCT, 1st Bn. | Table Tennis | 739 | New Guinea | Noemfoor Island |
| 4 July 1944 | 503rd PRCT, 3rd Bn. | Table Tennis | 685 | New Guinea | Noemfoor Island |
| 15 August 1944 | 1st Abn. Task Force (460th PFA, 463rd PFABn.; 509th PIB; 517th PCT; 551st PIB; 596th PCEng. Co.) | Dragoon | 5,607 | France | Cote d' Azur, Riviera |
| 17 September 1944 | 82nd Airborne Division (508), 505th RCT, Includes: 505th PIR, 456th PFA, & Co.B, 307th Engr.; 504th RCT, Includes: 504th PIR, 376th PFA, & Co.A, 307 Engr | Market Garden | 7,250 | Netherlands | Grave & Nijmegen |
| 17 September 1944 | 101st Airborne Division [501, 502, 506] | Market Garden | 6,769 | Netherlands | Eindhoven |
| 29 November 1944; 5 December 1944 | Co.C, 127th Abn.Eng, Bn. Co.C., 1st Pl.., 187th P/GIR 221st AB. Med. Co.; 457th PFA 11th Abn. Div. Hdqt's Group 511th Pcht. Signal Co. 11th Abn. Div. RECON Pl. | Tabletop | 241 | Leyte | Manarawat |
| 3 February 1945 | 511th PIR, 457th FABn. | Shoestring | 1,830 | Philippines | Tagaytay Ridge |
| 16 February 1945 | 503rd PRCT, 462nd PFABn; Co. C, 161st Airborne Engr. Btn. | Topside | 2,050 | Philippines | Corregidor |
| 23 February 1945 | 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment: 1st Btn., Co.B; Hdqt's Co., 1st Btn.; Hdqt's Co., 1st Btn., Light Machine Gun Platoon | Rescue 2,147 internees | 130 | Philippines | Los Banos Prison Camp |
| 24 March 1945 | 17th Airborne Division (507 PIR, 513 PIR, 464 PFA, 466 PFA, 139 AEB, 224 AMC, 155 AAB, 411 AQM, 517 ASC, 680 GFA 681 GFA, 717 AOC & 194 GIR). Also small units: MP's, Division Artillery, Reconnaissance Platoon, & Parachute Maintenance Co. | Varsity | 4,964 | Germany | Wesel |
| 23 June 1945 | 511th PIR | Gypsy | 1,030 | Philippines | Aparri |
| 20 October 1950 | 187th ARCT, 2nd Battalion | DZ Easy | 1,203 | Korea | Sukchon |
| 20 October 1950 | 187th ARCT, 1st, 3rd. Bn's. | DZ William | 1,470 | Korea | Sukchon |
| 21 October 1950 | 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team (ARCT). | DZ William | 671 | Korea | Sukchon |
| 23 March 1951 | 187th ARCT, 2nd & 3rd Bns; 674th ABN Field Artillery Bn; 2nd & 4th ABN Ranger Cos, and Indian army surgical team. | Tomahawk | 3,486 | Korea | Munsan-Ni |
| 12 February 1962 | FTT-1 White Star SF Team | Nam Beng Valley Campaign vs. Pathet Lao | 12 | Laos | Nam Tha airstrip |
| 2 January 1963 | Joint General Staff reserve ARVN Paratroopers with U.S. MACV "Red Hat" Advisors from Saigon | Ap Bac | 300 South Vietnamese, 2 Americans | South Vietnam | Ap Tan Thoi |
| 22 February 1967 | 173rd Airborne Brigade, 503rd P.I.R., 2nd & 3rd Btl's,; 3/319 Airborne Field Artillery Regiment (AFAR). | Junction City | 845 | Vietnam | Katum |
| 2 April 1967 | 5th Special Force Group (ABN), 1st Special Forces: Detachments, A-503 Mike Force & A-344, Operation Harvest Moon (Includes Montagnards) | Harvest Moon | 356 (includes Montagnards) | Vietnam | Bunard, Phouc Long "Happy Dragon" Province |
| 5 September 1967 | USMC, 1st Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) | Oregon | 10 | Vietnam | South |
| 5 October 1967 | 5th Special Forces Group (ABN): Pathfinder Detachment (12 SF, 37 ARVN Pathfinders), "B" Co II CTZ (Pleiku) Mike Force (50 SF) & 275 LLDB (Includes Montagnards) | Blue Max | 374 | Vietnam | Bu Prang CIDG fighting camp, Quang Duc "Great Virtue" Province |
| 1968–73? | Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) Airborne Studies Group (SOG 36) | Eldest Son, Italian Green, Pole Bean | | North Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia | |
| 28 November 1970 | Recon Team Florida, CCN, MACV-SOG (High Altitude Low Opening [HALO]) | | 3 Americans, one ARVN officer and 2 Montagnards | Laos | NVA road inside Laos |
| 7 May 1971 | Captain Larry Manes' Recon Team, CCN, MACV-SOG (HALO) | | 4 Americans | South Vietnam | Between Ashau Valley and Khe Sanh, NVA trail extension of Laotian Highway 921 |
| 22 June 1971 | Sergeant Major Billy Waugh's Recon Team, CCN, MACV-SOG (HALO) | | 4 Americans | South Vietnam | 60 miles SW of Danang |
| 22 September 1971 | Captain Jim Storter's Recon Team, CCC, MACV-SOG (HALO) | | 4 Americans | South Vietnam | Plei Trap Valley, NW of Pleiku |
| 11 October 1971 | Sgt. 1st Class Dick Gross' Recon Team, CCC, MACV-SOG (HALO) | | 5 Americans | Vietnam | 25 miles, SW of Pleiku in the Ia Drang Valley |
| 23 October 1983 | Navy SEAL Team and USAF CCT | Urgent Fury | 15 | Grenada | Port Salines |
| 25 October 1983 | 75th Ranger Regiment LRS Detachment; 82nd Abn Div combat controllers (CCT), Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), 12 troopers; 4 troopers, 1st Bn, tactical air control parties (TACP). | Urgent Fury | 16(?) | Grenada | Point Salines |
| 25 October 1983 | Navy SEAL Team | Urgent Fury | 11 | Grenada | Governor's residence |
| 25 October 1983 | 75th Ranger Regiment 1st and 2nd Bns; and two paratroopers (SGT Spain and SPC Richardson from 307th Engineer Bn) | Urgent Fury | 500 | Grenada | Point Salines airfield |
| 20 December 1989 | Unit: 75th Ranger Regiment; 82nd Airborne Division Ready Brigade | Just Cause | 4,000 | Panama | Rio Hato east to Fort Cimarron |
| 20 December 1989 | 75th Ranger Regiment; 82nd Abn Div, 1st Brigade Task Force: 1-504th PIR, 1-505th PIR; 2-504th PIR; 4-325th PIR, Co B and C; A/3-505 PIR; 3-73rd Armor (Abn); 82nd MP Co (Abn), 3 platoons. All joined to form: Task Force Pacific. | Just Cause | 2,176 | Panama | Torrijos-Tocumen Airport |
| 15 January 1991 | Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (HAHO) | Desert Storm | 12 | Iraq | Northwest desert |
| Dec. 1991 | Navy SEAL Team 6 | Raw Deal | | Haiti | Navassa Island |
| 19 October 2001 | 75th Ranger Regiment | Operation Enduring Freedom | 200 | Afghanistan | Objective Rhino |
| 13 November 2001 | 3-75th Ranger Regiment | Operation Enduring Freedom | | Afghanistan | In the vicinity of Alimarden Kan-E-Bagat |
| 25 February 2003 | 2-75th Ranger Regiment; 3-504th PIR | Operation Enduring Freedom | | Afghanistan | Near Chahar Borjak, Nimruz Province |
| 24 March 2003 | 3-75th Ranger Regiment; 24th Special Tactics Squadron | Operation Iraqi Freedom | | Iraq | Northwestern desert region of Iraq, Objective Serpent in the vicinity of Al Qaim |
| 26 March 2003 | 173rd Airborne Brigade, 786th Security Forces Squadron | Operation Northern Delay | 954 | Iraq | Bashur Drop zone |
| 28–29 Mar 2003 | 27th Engineer Battalion; 3-75th Ranger Regiment; 24th Special Tactics Squadron | Operation Iraqi Freedom | | Iraq | At H1 Airfield |
| 3 July 2004 | 75th Ranger Regiment, Regimental Reconnaissance Company Team 3 (HALO) | Operation Enduring Freedom | | Afghanistan | Southeastern Region (Tillman Dropzone) |
| 31 July 2004 | USMC 1st Reconnaissance Battalion (HAHO) | Operation Iraqi Freedom | 6 | Iraq | Near Baghdad |
| 30 May 2007 | ODA 074, 3-10th Special Forces Group (HALO) | Operation Iraqi Freedom | 11 | Iraq | Ninewah Province |
| 11 July 2009 | 75th Ranger Regiment, Regimental Reconnaissance Company, Team 1 | Operation Enduring Freedom | | Afghanistan | |