Date Duration |
Operation Name |
Unit(s) – Description |
Location |
VC–PAVN KIAs |
Allied KIAs
|
67 |
Operation Auburn I[1] |
7th Marines security operation in the "rocket belt" |
around Da Nang, Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
67 – 72 |
Operation Dump Truck[1] |
Use of anti-personnel mines as part of Operation Igloo White |
|
|
|
67 – 72 |
Operation Phoenix[2] |
CIA-organized campaign against Vietcong cadres |
across South Vietnam |
|
|
Jan |
Operation Garden City[1][3] |
1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division operation |
near Dong Tam, Long An Province |
|
|
Jan |
Operation Lam Son 45[4] |
ARVN 1st Division operations |
Thừa Thiên and Quảng Trị Provinces |
|
|
Jan 1 – 31 |
Operation Camden I[5] |
5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment cordon-and-search missions |
Hoa Long village, south of Nui Dat |
|
|
Jan 1 – Apr 5 |
Operation Sam Houston[1] |
2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division and 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy and border surveillance operation; follow-up to Operation Paul Revere IV |
Pleiku and Kon Tum Provinces |
733 |
169
|
Jan 2 |
Operation Bolo[6] |
USAF decoy mission to disguise the electronic signature of F-4 fighter as F-105s in order to lure VPAF MiGs to engage |
North Vietnam |
7 MiG 21 |
|
Jan 3 – 31 |
Operation Mang Ho VIII[7] |
ROK Capital Division search and clear operations |
Route 1, Phú Yên Province |
150 |
|
Jan 4 – 7 |
Operation Niagara Falls[1] |
173rd Airborne Brigade search and destroy operation |
Bình Dương Province |
|
|
Jan 4 – 9 |
Operation Lincoln (I Corps)[1] |
2nd Battalion, 5th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Jan 5 – 7 |
Operation Niagara Falls[8]: 26–30 |
1st Infantry Division operation to place a blocking force for Operation Cedar Falls |
between the Thi Thanh River and Route 13 east of the Iron Triangle |
|
|
Jan 5 – 8 |
Operation County Fair 1-25[1] |
2nd Battalion, 1st Marines security operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Jan 5 – 9 |
Operation Fitchburg[8]: 26–8 |
196th Light Infantry Brigade search and destroy operation to position a blocking force for Operation Cedar Falls |
Ho Bo Woods, Tây Ninh Province |
|
|
Jan 6 – 15 |
Operation Deckhouse V/Operation Song Than[1][9]: 151–4 |
SLF 1st Battalion, 9th Marines and 3rd and 4th Battalions Vietnamese Marines operation supported by HMM-362 from the USS Iwo Jima |
Kien Hoa Province |
21 |
7
|
Jan 6 – May 31 |
Operation Palm Beach[10]: 34 |
3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion 39th Infantry and 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 60th Infantry search and destroy operation and establishment of Đồng Tâm Base Camp |
Dong Tam, Dinh Tuong Province, IV Corps |
570 |
149
|
Jan 7 – 9 |
Operation County Fair 1-28[1] |
3rd Battalion, 1st Marines security operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Jan 7 – 19 |
Operation Silver Lake[1] |
3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division search and destroy operation |
Biên Hòa and Long Khánh Provinces |
|
|
Jan 8 – 26 |
Operation Cedar Falls[8]: 30–80 |
25th Infantry Division, 1st Infantry Division, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and ARVN operation to attack Vietcong positions |
Iron Triangle, Bình Dương Province |
735 |
72
|
Jan 9 – 10 |
Operation Caloundra[5] |
5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment operation against the VC village cadres, cordon-and-search |
Bình Ba, 7 km (4 mi) north along Route 2 |
|
|
Jan 9 – 12 |
Operation County Fair 1-29[1] |
1st Battalion, 1st Marines security operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Jan 10 |
Operation Glen Burnie[11] |
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and ARVN 52nd Rangers operation |
Binh Loc hamlet, Long Khánh Province |
|
|
Jan 10 – 28 |
Operation Wollongong[1][5] |
5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 1st APC Squadron and 3 Squadron, SAS search and destroy and security operation |
Phước Tuy Province |
1 |
|
Jan 20 – 22 |
Operation County Fair 1-32[1] |
2nd Battalion, 1st Marines security operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Jan 20 – 22 |
Operation County Fair 14[1] |
2nd Battalion, 1st Marines security operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Jan 21 – Feb 7 |
Operation Ma Doo I[12] |
28th Regiment, ROK 9th Infantry Division operation |
Phú Yên Province |
160 |
|
Jan 22 – Feb 2 |
Operation Stark[1] |
Special Forces Detachment B-50 Project OMEGA operation |
II Corps |
|
|
Jan 24 – 25 |
Operation Cleveland[1] |
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Jan 24 – 28 |
Operation Tuscaloosa[7] |
2nd Battalion, 5th Marines search and destroy operation |
24 km (15 mi) southwest of Da Nang, Quảng Nam Province |
72 |
|
Jan 25 – 28 |
Operation Maryland[1][9]: 162 |
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines clear and search operation |
Thừa Thiên Province |
|
|
Jan 25 - Feb 7 |
Operation Lafayette[1] |
1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines and 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Jan 26 – Mar 23 |
Operation Farragut[1][13] |
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division search and destroy operation |
Bình Thuận, Ninh Thuận and Lâm Đồng Provinces |
115 |
15
|
Jan 27 – 30 |
Operation Colby[11] |
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade 9th Infantry Division and 3/5 Cavalry operation |
north of Phú Mỹ |
|
|
Jan 27 – 31 |
Operation Bullseye V[1] |
2/1 Cavalry and ARVN 40th Regiment reconnaissance operation |
southwestern Bong Son Plain, Bing Dinh Province |
|
|
Jan 27 – Apr 7 |
Operation Desoto[1][9]: 52–63 |
3rd Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Ngãi Province |
383 |
76
|
Jan 27 – Feb 3 |
Operation Iola[1] |
3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment security operation for the movement of the 9th Infantry Division from Vũng Tàu to Bear Cat |
along Route 15 |
|
|
Jan 28 – 31 |
Operation Seymour[1][5] |
5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment search and destroy operation |
Nui Dinh hills, Phước Tuy Province |
|
|
Jan 29 – 31 |
Operation Baek Ma I[7] |
ROK 9th Division search-and-destroy operation |
Khánh Hòa Province |
390 |
|
Jan 29 – Feb 1 |
Operation County Fair 1-30[1] |
3rd Battalion, 1st Marines security operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Jan 29 – Feb 16 |
Operation Big Spring[1] |
1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division and 173rd Airborne Brigade search and destroy operation |
III Corps |
|
|
Jan 30 – Feb 1 |
Operation Trinity[1] |
1st Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Ngãi Province |
|
|
Jan 31 – Feb 3 |
Operation Clay[1] |
1st Battalion, 5th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Trị Province |
|
|
Jan 31 – Feb 9 |
Operation Searcy[1] |
1st Infantry Division search and destroy operation |
III Corps |
|
|
Feb |
Operation Highrise[9]: 17 |
Marines and Army shelling of PAVN gun positions |
in and north of the DMZ |
|
|
Feb |
Operation Lam Son 46[14] |
ARVN 1st Division operations |
Thừa Thiên and Quảng Trị Provinces |
|
|
Feb 1 – 8 |
Operation Tamborine[1][5] |
6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ambush operation along Route 23 |
between Đất Đỏ District and Song Tre, Phước Tuy Province |
7 |
4
|
Feb 1 – 9 |
Operation Independence[1] |
1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 2nd Battalion 5th Marines and 1st and 2nd Battalions, 26th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Feb 1 – 15 |
Operation Gatling[1] |
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division search and destroy operation |
Lâm Đồng, Bình Tuy and Bình Thuận Provinces |
|
|
Feb 1 – Mar 18 |
Operation Prairie II[1][9]: 9–14 |
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines search and destroy operation to prevent the PAVN 324B Division from entering Quảng Trị Province |
DMZ area, around Con Thien and Gio Linh, |
693 |
129
|
Feb 3 – 21 |
Operation Gadsden[8]: 93–5 |
25th Infantry Division, 196th Infantry Brigade and 3rd Brigade 4th Infantry Division operation against the VC 271st and 272d Regiments, 70th Guard Regiment and 680th Training Regiment |
near the villages of Lo Go and Xom Giua 30 km (19 mi) northwest of Tây Ninh |
161 |
29
|
Feb 4 – 15 |
Operation Muncie[11][15] |
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment reconnaissance in force operations |
Route 15 to Ba Ria and Route 2 from Ba Ria to Duc Thanh and Cam My |
|
|
Feb 5 – 24 |
Operation Green Leaf[1] |
US search and destroy operation |
III Corps |
|
|
Feb 7 – Mar 31 1968 |
Operation Lam Son 67[1] |
2nd and 3rd Brigades, 1st Infantry Division and ARVN 5th Division, 18th Division and VNMC 3rd Battalion security operations |
Biên Hòa and Bình Dương Provinces |
|
|
Feb 11 – 22 |
Operation Stone[1][9]: 51–2 |
1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Feb 12 – Jan 19 68 |
Operation Pershing[16]: 196 |
1st Cavalry Division, 3rd Brigade 25th Infantry Division, ROK Capital Division and ARVN 22nd Division operation against the PAVN 610th Division and VC units |
Bình Định and Quảng Ngãi Provinces |
5401 |
|
Feb 13 – 14 |
Operation Beaumaris[5] |
5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment cordon-and-search |
An Nhut village between Long Điền District and Đất Đỏ District, Phước Tuy Province |
|
|
Feb 13 – Mar 11 68 |
Operation Enterprise[16]: 145 |
9th Infantry Division operation |
Long An Province |
2,107 |
51
|
Feb 14 – 17 |
Operation Tucson[8]: 95–7 |
1st and 3rd Brigades 1st Infantry Division and 5th Regiment, 9th Infantry Division operation against the VC 272nd Regiment and the Phu Loi Battalion |
southwest Bình Long Province near the Michelin Rubber Plantation |
13 |
3
|
Feb 16 |
Operation Bunker Hill[1] |
3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division operation |
Dinh Tuong Province |
|
|
Feb 16 |
Operation Dalby[5] |
6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment airmobile search-and-destroy operation |
area immediately north of Đất Đỏ, Phước Tuy Province |
|
|
Feb 16 – Mar 3 |
Operation Deckhouse VI[9]: 58–61 |
SLF 1st Battalion, 4th Marines and HMM-363 two-phase search and destroy operation which augmented Operation DeSoto |
southern Quảng Ngãi Province |
|
|
Feb 16 – Mar 20 |
Operation River Raider[1] |
3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation |
Rung Sat Special Zone |
|
|
Feb 16 – Jun 13 |
Operation Chapman[1][12] |
1st and 2nd Battalions, 2nd Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation |
Rung Sat Special Zone |
|
|
Feb 17 – 18 |
Operation Bribie[5] |
6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment search-and-destroy operation to establish a blocking position to prevent the withdrawal eastwards of a VC force which had unsuccessfully ambushed Route 44 between Đất Đỏ and Lang Phước Hải |
Ap My An, Phước Tuy Province |
70 |
|
Feb 17 – 22 |
Operation Giant Dragon[12] |
ROK 2nd Marine Brigade search and destroy operation |
Quảng Ngãi Province |
16 |
|
Feb 17 – 22 |
Operation Lien Ket 81[1] |
ARVN 2nd Division search and destroy operation |
Quảng Ngãi Province |
|
|
Feb 17 – 28 |
Operation Chinook II[7] |
3rd Marine Division operation. Writer Bernard B. Fall was killed by a VC mine while observing this operation |
Street Without Joy, Thừa Thiên Province |
|
|
Feb 18 – 22 |
Operation Renmark[5] |
5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment search and destroy operation into VC stronghold |
Long Hải hills |
1 |
|
Feb 19 – May 14 |
Operation Ala Moana[16]: 136 |
25th Infantry Division operation |
Hua Nghai, Tây Ninh and Bình Dương Provinces |
382 |
38
|
Feb 20 |
Operation Brandywine[1] |
3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division search and destroy operation |
Dinh Tuong Province |
|
|
Feb 22 – May 14 |
Operation Junction City |
3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, 196th Infantry Brigade, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, VNMC 1st and 5th Battalions and ARVN 35th and 36th Ranger Battalions operation |
Tây Ninh Province |
1728 |
282
|
Feb 23 – 27 |
Operation Pulaski[1] |
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Feb 25 – 28 |
Operation Lanoke[1] |
2nd Battalion, 5th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Feb 25 – Mar 2 |
Operation Pittsburg[1] |
1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division spoiling attacks to locate and disrupt VC activity |
Biên Hòa Province |
|
|
Mar 3 – Apr 3 |
Operation Blackjack 23[1] |
Mobile Guerilla Force operation |
western II Corps |
|
|
Mar 3 – Apr 3 |
Operation Dawes[1] |
Special Forces Project Omega operation |
II Corps |
|
|
Mar 3 – Apr 3 |
Operation Knox[1] |
Special Forces Project DELTA operation |
II Corps |
|
|
Mar 4 – 22 |
Operation Hancock Queen[1] |
3rd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment and 3rd Battalion, 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment clear and search operation |
Bình Thuận, Bình Tuy and Lâm Đồng Provinces |
|
|
Mar 6 – 7 |
Operation Ayr[1][5] |
6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment search and destroy operation |
near Bình Ba, Phước Tuy Province |
|
|
Mar 7 – Apr 8 |
Operation Waialua[1] |
2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy operation |
Hậu Nghĩa, Tây Ninh and Long An Provinces |
|
|
Mar 8 – Apr 18 |
Operation Oh Jak Kyo I[1][17] |
Linkup of the ROK Capital Division and 9th Infantry Division tactical areas of responsibility |
Phú Yên Province |
831 |
23
|
Mar 10 – 12 |
Operation Yuba[1] |
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Mar 13 – 18 |
Operation Tippecanoe[1] |
1st Battalion, 5th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Ngãi Province |
|
|
Mar 15 – 18 |
Operation Webster[1] |
3rd Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Mar 15 – Apr 30 |
Operation Blackjack 24[1] |
Mobile Guerilla Force operation |
western II Corps |
|
|
Mar 18 – Apr 21 |
Operation Makalapa[1] |
1st and 2nd Brigades, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy operation |
Hậu Nghĩa Province |
|
|
Mar 19 – Apr 19 |
Operation Prairie III[1][9]: 16–20 |
3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines search and destroy operations against the PAVN 324B and 341st Divisions |
DMZ |
|
|
Mar 20 – Apr 3 |
Operation Beacon Hill[9]: 17–8 |
3rd Marine Division operation |
Quảng Trị Province |
334 |
16
|
Mar 20 – Apr 17 |
Operation Portsea[1][5] |
1st Brigade, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, ARVN 43rd Regiment and 35th Ranger Battalion search and destroy operation |
Phước Tuy Province |
|
|
Mar 20 – Jul 5 72 |
Operation Popeye[18] |
USAF cloud-seeding operation |
over the Ho Chi Minh Trail |
|
|
Mar 21 – 25 |
Operation New Castle[1][9]: 236 |
2nd Battalion, 5th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Mar 23 – 24 |
Operation Early[1] |
1st Battalion, 1st Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Mar 23 – 27 |
Operation Perry[1] |
2nd Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Ngãi Province |
|
|
Mar 29 – Apr 29 |
Operation Summerall[1] |
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division search and destroy operation |
Darlac, Khánh Hòa and Phú Yên Provinces |
|
|
Apr – 11 May |
Operation Spearhead[1][19] |
4th Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment and TF 117 search and destroy operation |
Rung Sat Special Zone |
|
|
Apr onwards |
Operation Daniel Boone[1] |
MACVSOG reconnaissance to verify suspected enemy locations, infiltration routes and supply bases |
Eastern Cambodia |
|
|
Apr 1 – 10 |
Operation Andover[20] |
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment operation |
Hậu Nghĩa Province vicinity of village of Tan Hoa |
459 |
42
|
Apr 2 |
Operation Harvest Moon (1967)[1] |
5th Special Forces Group operation |
III Corps |
|
|
Apr 4 – 17 |
Operation Dayton[1] |
173rd Airborne Brigade search and destroy operation |
Bình Tuy and Long Khánh Provinces |
|
|
Apr 4 – 21 |
Operation Big Horn II[1] |
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines search and destroy operation |
Thừa Thiên Province |
|
|
Apr 5 – 10 |
Operation Canyon[1] |
1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines search and destroy operation including a sweep of the Barrier Island which was bounded by the Cua Dai/Son Thu Bon rivers to the north and the Truong Giang to the west |
Quảng Nam and Quảng Trị Provinces |
|
|
Apr 5 – Oct 12 |
Operation Francis Marion[21] |
1st and 2nd Brigades, 4th Infantry Division and 173rd Airborne Brigade operation against the NVA 1st and 10th Divisions |
western highlands of Pleiku Province |
1,203 |
|
Apr 7 – 10 |
Operation Dixie[1] |
2nd Battalion, 5th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Apr 7 – 22 |
Operation Lejeune[1] |
3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, 2/1 Cavalry, 3/1 Cavalry and 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Ngãi Province |
|
|
Apr 8 |
Operation Hop Tac VII[1] |
2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division search and destroy operation |
Dinh Tuong Province |
|
|
Apr 8 – 30 |
Operation Oregon[1] |
Movement of units |
III Corps to I Corps |
|
|
Apr 9 – 10 |
Operation Dazzlem[1] |
1st Cavalry Division defence of Camp Radcliff |
Bình Định Province |
|
|
Apr 13 – 17 |
Operation Humboldt[1] |
3rd Battalion 1st Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Apr 15 – May 26 |
Operation Blackjack 25[1] |
Mobile Guerilla Force operation |
western II Corps |
|
|
Apr 15 – May 26 |
Operation Blackjack[1] |
5th Special Forces Group and Mobile Guerilla Force 876 operation |
|
|
|
Apr 16 – May 15 |
Operation Buckner[1] |
Special Forces Detachment B-50 Project Omega operation |
western II Corps |
|
|
Apr 17 |
Operation Lawrence[1] |
196th Infantry Brigade search and destroy operation |
I Corps |
|
|
Apr 18 – 30 |
Operation Newark[1] |
1st Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation along the Song Be River |
Biên Hòa and Bình Dương Provinces |
|
|
Apr 19 – 21 |
Operation County Fair 1-34[1] |
1st Battalion, 1st Marines and ARVN 4th Battalion, 5th Regiment search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Apr 19 – May 31 |
Operation Prairie V[1] |
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Trị Province |
|
|
Apr 20 – 23 |
Operation Golden Fleece 196-1[1] |
3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment security operation |
Quảng Ngãi Province |
|
|
Apr 20 – May 17 |
Operation Prairie IV[9]: 20–35 |
Continuation of Operation Hickory |
southwest of Con Thien, northern Leatherneck Square |
505 |
164
|
Apr 20 – Mar 21 1968 |
Operation Kittyhawk[22]: 107–10 |
9th Infantry Division, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment security and escort operations |
Long Khánh District |
|
|
Apr 21 – 25 |
Operation Grand[1] |
3rd Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Apr 21 – May 17 |
Operation Union I/Operation Lien Ket 102[1][9]: 52 |
1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines and ARVN 1st Ranger Group search and destroy operation |
Que Son Valley, Quảng Nam and Quảng Tín Provinces |
965 |
53
|
Apr 21 – May 21 |
Operation Shawnee[1] |
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines search and destroy operation |
Thừa Thiên Province |
|
|
Apr 22 |
Operation Beau Diddley[1] |
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines and Swift Boat amphibious operation |
I Corps |
|
|
Apr 22 - July 31 |
Operation Baker |
3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division security operation |
Đức Phổ District |
1,339 |
97
|
Apr 23 – May 15 |
Operation Manhattan[1] |
3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, 1st and 2nd Brigades, 25th Infantry Division and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment search and destroy operation |
Boi Loi Woods and Long Nguyen Forest north of the Iron Triangle, Bình Dương Province |
123 |
|
Apr 26 – May 1 |
Operation Puckapunyal[1][5] |
7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment supported by the 1st Brigade, RNZA 161 Battery search and destroy operation |
Phước Tuy Province |
|
|
Apr 26 – May 12 |
Operation Beacon Star[9]: 156–61 |
3rd Marine Division operation |
Quảng Trị Province, vicinity of Khe Sanh |
469 |
24
|
Apr 26 – May 22 |
Operation Hancock I[1] |
3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment and ARVN 45th Regiment search and destroy operation |
north of Ban Me Thuot, Darlac Province |
|
|
Apr 27 – May 24 |
Operation Blackjack 33[23] |
5th Special Forces Group operation |
Châu Đức District |
320 |
67
|
Apr 28 – May 12 |
Operation Beaver Cage[9]: 158–61 |
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines operation to sweep a long-established VC stronghold |
40 km (25 mi) south of Da Nang |
200 |
|
May 1–4 |
Operation Fort Wayne[1] |
173rd Airborne Brigade search and destroy operation |
Long Khánh Province |
|
|
May 1 – 8 |
Operation Lismore[1][5] |
7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment operation |
Phước Tuy Province |
|
|
May 2 – 3 |
Operation Hop Tac XVI[1] |
2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division search and destroy operation |
Dinh Tuong Province |
|
|
May 3 – 7 |
Operation Gulf[1] |
2nd Battalion, 26th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
May 3 – Jun 7 |
Operation Leeton[1] |
7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment search and destroy operation |
Phước Tuy Province |
|
|
May 4 – 5 |
Operation Lam Son 48[1] |
ARVN 1st Division operations |
Thừa Thiên and Quảng Trị Provinces |
|
|
May 10 – 12 |
Operation Bowen[1] |
6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment search and destroy operation |
near Long Tan, Phước Tuy Province |
|
|
May 11 – Jun 8 |
Operation Malheur I[24] |
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division search and destroy operation |
Đức Phổ District, Quảng Ngãi Province |
869 |
81
|
May 13–18 |
Operation Ahina[1] |
25th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division and 1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division search and destroy operation |
Bình Dương and Tây Ninh Provinces |
|
|
May 13 – Jul 16 |
Operation Crickett[1][9]: 46–7 |
1st and 2nd Battalions, 26th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Trị Province |
|
|
May 14 – Dec 7 |
Operation Kole Kole[1] |
2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy operation |
Bình Dương, Hậu Nghĩa and Tây Ninh Provinces |
645 |
|
May 16 – Jun 28 |
Operation Bullard[1] |
MIKE Force operation |
II Corps |
|
|
May 17 – 26 |
Operation Dallas[1] |
1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division and 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment road clearing and security operation |
Route 16 near Phu Loi |
|
3
|
May 17 – 27 |
Operation Thunder Dragon[1][25] |
ROK 2nd Marine Brigade search and destroy operation |
Quảng Ngãi Province |
147 |
14
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May 17 – Dec 7 |
Operation Diamond Head[1] |
3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy operation |
Michelin Rubber Plantation, Ho Bo Woods and the Trapezoid, Bình Dương and Tây Ninh Provinces |
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May 18 – 28 |
Operation Hickory[9]: 30 |
3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines operation |
north from Con Thien to the Bến Hải River, Quảng Trị Province |
367 |
142
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May 18 – Dec 7 |
Operation Barking Sands[26] |
25th Infantry Division operation |
Hua Nghai and Bình Dương Provinces |
304 |
19
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May 18 – Jun 8 |
Operation Ashland[1] |
3/5 Cavalry operation |
Biên Hòa and Long Khánh Provinces |
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May 18 – 23 |
Operation Cincinnati[1] |
173rd Airborne Brigade operation |
III Corps |
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May 18 – 26 |
Operation Beau Charger[9]: 25–30 |
US 7th Fleet combined forces amphibious landing and sweep operation |
southern half of the DMZ in the Bến Hải River area |
83 |
23
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May 19 – 25 |
Operation Duval[1] |
1st Battalion, 7th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
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May 19 – 27 |
Operation Lam Son 54[9]: 25 |
ARVN 1st Division operation launched in conjunction with Operation Beau Charger and Operation Hickory |
Route 1 north of Gio Linh to the Bến Hải River, |
342 |
22
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May 19 – Dec 7 |
Operation Waimea[1] |
1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy operation in the Ho Bo Woods, Bo Loi Woods, Filhol Plantation and the Iron Triangle |
Bình Dương and Tây Ninh Provinces |
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May 21 – Jul 9 |
Operation Choctaw[1] |
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên Provinces |
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May 25 – Jun 5 |
Operation Union II[1][9]: 52 |
1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines and ARVN 6th Regiment search and destroy operation to entrap the NVA 3rd and 21st Regiments |
north of Tam Kỳ, Quảng Nam Province |
701 |
110
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May 30 – Jun 6 |
Operation Tulsa[11] |
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment reconnaissance in force operation and to secure the Gia Ray rock quarry |
Route 1 near Suoi Cat |
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Jun 1 – Jul 2 |
Operation Cimarron[9]: 30 |
Continuation of Operation Prairie IV |
Quảng Trị Province |
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Jun 1 – Jul 25 |
Operation Coronado I[10]: 46 [27]: 93–4 |
9th Infantry Division operation vicinity of Rach Nui Canal (XS 8466) |
Dinh Tuong Province |
478 |
34
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Jun 1 – Feb 7 68 |
Operation Hop Tac[1] |
2nd and 3rd Brigades, 9th Infantry Division search and destroy and security operation |
Dinh Tuong Province |
|
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Jun 2 |
Operation Lam Son 63[14] |
ARVN 1st Division operations |
Thừa Thiên and Quảng Trị Provinces |
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Jun 3 – Sep 15 |
Operation Cumberland[1][9]: 220 |
1st Battalion, 4th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines search and destroy operation |
Thừa Thiên Province |
|
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Jun 5 – 7 |
Operation Rocket[1] |
1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division search and destroy operation |
Biên Hòa Province |
|
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Jun 5 – 9 |
Operation Bluefield[1] |
US search and destroy operation |
III Corps |
|
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Jun 6 – 7 |
Operation Darwin[1][5] |
2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment search and destroy operation |
|
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Jun 6 – 11 |
Operation Colgate[1][9]: 162 |
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 26th Marines search and destroy operation |
Thừa Thiên Province |
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Jun 6 – 13 |
Operation Broken Hill[1][5] |
7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment search and destroy operation |
Phước Tuy Province |
|
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Jun 8 – Aug 2 |
Operation Malheur II[25] |
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division search and destroy operation in the vicinity of the Song Ne Valley and VC Base Area 122 |
northwest of Đức Phổ District, Quảng Ngãi Province |
488 |
|
Jun 9 – 12 |
Operation Butler[1] |
1 Company from each of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
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Jun 9 – 27 |
Operation Akron[11] |
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment reconnaissance in force operation along encountered elements of the VC 274th Regiment and 5th Division |
Route 2 |
56 |
9
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Jun 10 – 25 |
Operation Kawela[1] |
1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy operation |
Iron Triangle, Bình Dương Province |
|
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Jun 13 – 20 |
Operation Great Bend[1] |
9th Infantry Division search and destroy operation |
III Corps |
|
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Jun 13 – 26 |
Operation Arizona[1] |
2nd Battalion 5th Marines, 2nd Battalion 7th Marines, 3rd Battalion 7th Marines and 3rd Battalion 11th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
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Jun 15 – 21 |
Operation Geraldton[1][5] |
2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment search and destroy operation |
east of Đất Đỏ, Phước Tuy Province |
1 |
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Jun 15 – 24 |
Operation Adair[1] |
1st Battalion, 5th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam and Quảng Tín Provinces |
|
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Jun 16 – Oct 12 |
Operation Greeley[1][16]: 160 |
1st, 2nd and 4th Battalions, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 3/1 Cavalry, ARVN 5th and 8th Airborne Battalions and 42nd Regiment search and destroy operations against PAVN buildup |
Dak To |
|
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Jun 18 – Jul 2 |
Operation Beacon Torch[9]: 162–3 |
US Coastal Division Twelve operation |
east of the Truong Giang River and southeast of the city of Hội An |
86 |
13
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Jun 19-21 |
Operation Concordia[1] |
2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division operation |
Long An Province |
255 |
46
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Jun 19 |
Operation Cook[1] |
3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and 196th Infantry Brigade cordon and search and search and destroy operation |
Quảng Ngãi Province |
|
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Jun 19 – 23 |
Operation Rhino[1] |
2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment search and destroy operation |
|
|
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Jun 20 – Jul 9 |
Operation Billings[28] |
1st Infantry Division operation |
Bình Dương, Phước Long and Long Khánh Provinces |
347 |
40
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Jun 21 – 30 |
Operation Cooparoo[1][5] |
7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 3rd Cavalry Regiment search and destroy operation |
Phước Tuy Province |
|
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Jun 25 – Jul 1 |
Operation Calhoun[1][9]: 162–3 |
1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines and 1st Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam and Quảng Tín Provinces |
|
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Jul 2 – 14 |
Operation Bear Claw[9]: 163 |
3rd Marine Division operation SLF part of Operation Buffalo |
Quảng Trị Province, vicinity of Con Thien |
1281 |
125
|
Jul 3 – 18 |
Operation Bear Bite[9]: 162 [29] |
Marines amphibious and heliborne assault |
near the DMZ |
150 |
|
Jul 3 – Apr 7 68 |
Operation Riley[1] |
1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division and Royal Thai Army Volunteer regiment search and destroy operation |
Biên Hòa and Long Khánh Provinces |
|
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Jul 4 – 16 |
Operation Beaver Track[1][9]: 164–6 |
2nd Battalion 3rd Marines search and destroy operation |
near Cam Lo |
|
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Jul 5 – 9 |
Operation Lion[1] |
2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment operation |
|
|
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Jul 6 - 12 |
Operation Lake[1] |
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division operation |
Quảng Ngãi Province |
|
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Jul 6 – Sep 3 |
Operation March[1] |
5th Special Forces Group Detachment B-50 Project OMEGA operation |
II Corps |
|
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Jul 7 – 14 |
Operation Paddington[1][5] |
2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment; 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division and ARVN search and destroy operation |
Phước Tuy Province |
|
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Jul 7 – Aug 3 |
Operation Coronado II/Operation Son Thang 3[1][9]: 252 |
7MRF 9th Infantry Division, 3/39 Infantry, ARVN 7th Division, 3/47 Infantry search and destroy operation to help provide security for the Dong Tam Base Camp |
Dinh Tuong Province, Mỹ Tho River, |
73 |
9
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Jul 8 – Aug 28 |
Operation Akumu/Xay Duong 12-7[1] |
1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and ARVN 7th Regiment cordon and search operation |
Bình Dương Province |
|
|
Jul 9 – Aug 26 |
Operation Hong Kil Dong |
ROK Capital Division and White Horse Division operation |
Tuy Hòa Province |
638 |
26
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Jul 10 – Oct 31 |
Operation Fremont[1][9]: 167–70 |
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên Provinces |
|
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Jul 12 – 15 |
Operation Gem[1] |
3rd Battalion, 7th Marines blocking operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
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Jul 14 – 16 |
Operation Hickory II[9]: 125–6 |
1st Battalion, 4th Marines, SLF A, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines search and destroy sweep to clear the area of enemy fortifications, mortar and artillery positions |
southern half of the DMZ |
39 |
4
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Jul 15 |
Operation Goethals[1] |
5th Special Forces Group MIKE Force operation |
II Corps |
|
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Jul 16 – Oct 31 |
Operation Kingfisher[9]: 125–39 |
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines operation |
DMZ - Con Thien |
1,117 |
340
|
Jul 17 |
Operation Tiger Concordia VI[1] |
3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment riverine search and destroy operation |
Long An Province |
|
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Jul 17 – 25 |
Operation Beacon Torch[1][9]: 162–3 |
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines amphibious search and destroy operations |
Quảng Nam and Quảng Tín Provinces |
|
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Jul 17 – Oct 31 |
Operation Ardmore[1][9]: 142 |
1st Battalion, 13th Marines and 1st and 3rd Battalions, 26th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Trị Province |
|
|
Jul 19 – Sep 11 |
Operation Paul Bunyan[1] |
1st Infantry Division land clearing operation |
|
3 |
|
Jul 20 – 24 |
Operation Lam Son 87[14][9]: 167 |
ARVN 1st Division operations |
Thừa Thiên and Quảng Trị Provinces |
|
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Jul 20 – 26 |
Operation Bear Chain/Fremont[1][9]: 167–8 |
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines operation to engage the VC 806th Battalion |
"Street Without Joy" area to the east of Route 1 between Quảng Trị and Huế |
|
|
Jul 20 – 27 |
Operation Pecos[1] |
1st Battalion, 7th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines search and destroy operation |
"Happy Valley", Quảng Nam Province |
|
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Jul 21 – 30 |
Operation Beacon Guide[1][9]: 167 |
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines search and destroy operation |
29 km (18 mi) south of Huế |
|
|
Jul 21 – Aug 2 |
Operation Emporia I[11] |
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment land clearing operation ambushed by the VC 275th Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the VC Dong Hai Regiment |
along Route 20 from Gia Tan to the La Nga River |
96 |
14
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Jul 24 – 25 |
Operation Tiger Concordia VIII[1] |
3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment riverine and airmobile search and destroy operation |
Long An Province |
|
|
Jul 24 – 25 |
Operation Tiger Coronado VIII[30] |
3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment riverine and airmobile search and destroy operation |
Long An Province |
|
|
Jul 27 – 29 |
Operation Stockton[1] |
1st Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation |
"Happy Valley", Quảng Nam Province |
|
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Jul 28 – Aug 1 |
Operation Tiger Coronado V[31] |
3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment riverine and airmobile and mechanized search and destroy operation |
Dinh Tuong Province |
|
|
Jul 30 |
Operation Winfield Scott[1] |
5th Special Forces Group MIKE Force reconnaissance operation |
II Corps |
|
|
Aug 1 – 3 |
Operation Pike[1][9]: 119 |
1st Marine Division search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam and Quảng Tín Province |
|
|
Aug 2 – 13 |
Operation Hood River[1] |
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division search and destroy operation |
Quảng Ngãi Province |
|
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Aug 3 – 18 |
Operation Emporia II[11] |
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, 919th Engineer Company and 52nd ARVN Ranger Battalion land clearing operation |
Route 20 from the La Nga River to the boundary of Long Khánh Province |
96 |
14
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Aug 4 – 16 |
Operation Ballarat[5] |
7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment search-and-destroy operation against VC bases |
eastern Hat Dich area |
|
|
Aug 5 – 9 |
Operation Rush[1] |
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 4th Battalion, 12th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines search and destroy operation |
Thừa Thiên Province |
|
|
Aug 7 – 11 |
Operation Beacon Gate[1][9]: 168–9 |
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines sweep operations |
Quảng Nam and Quảng Tín Provinces |
|
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Aug 11 – 28 |
Operation Cochise[1][9]: 109–11 |
1st Marine Division Task Force X-Ray, comprising 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam and Quảng Tín Provinces |
|
|
Aug 12 – Sep 1 |
Operation Benton[32] |
101st Airborne Division and 196th Infantry Brigade operation |
Quảng Tín Province |
397 |
45
|
Aug 14 – 16 |
Operation Tiger Coronado III[1] |
3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation |
Rung Sat Special Zone, Biên Hòa Province |
|
|
Aug 20 – Sep 9 |
Operation Coronado IV[1] |
MRF 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division search and destroy operation |
Long An Province |
|
|
Aug 22 – 27 |
Operation Akron II[1] |
9th Infantry Division search and destroy operation |
Long Khánh Province |
|
|
Aug 23 |
Operation Tiger Coronado[1] |
3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation |
Rung Sat Special Zone, Long An Province |
|
|
Aug 27 – Sep 5 |
Operation Yazoo[1] |
1st Battalion, 7th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines search and destroy operation |
"Happy Valley", Quảng Nam Province |
|
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Aug 27 – Sep 6 |
Operation Belt Drive[1][9]: 169–70 |
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines search and destroy operation |
Nhung River south of Quảng Trị |
|
|
Aug 27 – Sep 18 |
Operation Riley II[1] |
1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division and 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment search and destroy operation |
Biên Hòa and Phước Tuy Provinces |
|
|
Aug 29 – 30 |
Operation Tiger Coronado IV[1] |
3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment riverine and airmobile search and destroy operation |
Long An Province |
|
|
Aug 31 – Sep 21 |
Operation Ainslie[5] |
2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/RNZIR (ANZAC) operation to clear a VC staging and supply area north of the 1st Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat |
Phước Tuy Province |
|
|
Sep 1 – 3 |
Operation Beacon Point[1][9]: 170–1 |
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines amphibious assault operation |
"Street Without Joy" area to the east of Route 1 between Quảng Trị and Huế |
|
|
Sep 1 – 6 |
Operation Valdosta I[11] |
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment security operation along Route 1 |
Long Khánh Province |
10 |
2
|
Sep 1 – 15 |
Operation Emporia IV[11] |
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment security operation for engineering teams |
Route 2 |
|
|
Sep 1 – Nov 17 |
Operation Strike[1] |
4th Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment operation succeeded by Operation Manchester. |
III Corps |
|
|
Sep 4 – 15 |
Operation Swift[1][9]: 117–20 |
Task Force X-Ray: 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, ARVN 21st, 37th and Ranger Battalions, 3rd Battalion, ARVN 4th Regiment, 3rd Battalion, ARVN 6th Regiment search and destroy mission |
Que Son Valley, Quảng Nam and Quảng Tín Provinces |
517 |
183
|
Sep 5 – Oct 30 |
Operation Dragon Fire[33] |
ROK 2nd Marine Brigade operation |
Quảng Ngãi Province |
541 |
|
Sep 8 – Jun 1 68 |
Operation Muscle Shoals[1] |
Interim code name for Operation Igloo White |
|
|
|
Sep 11 |
Operation Corral[1] |
2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment and 720th MP Battalion security operation |
Biên Hòa Province |
|
|
Sep 11 – Nov 25 |
Operation Wheeler[1] |
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment search and destroy operation. Consolidated with Operation Wallowa on 11 Nov 67 |
Quảng Tín Province |
|
|
Sep 11 – Nov 11 1968 |
Operation Wheeler/Wallowa[9]: 119–23 [34]: 726 |
Task Force Oregon (originally 196th Infantry Brigade, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division later reconstituted as 23rd Infantry Division consisting of the 196th, 198th and 11th Infantry Brigades operations) |
Nui Luc Son Valley, Quảng Nam and Quảng Tín Provinces |
10,020 |
683
|
Sep 12 – Oct 10 |
Operation Coronado V[27]: 128–35 |
9th Infantry Division operation |
Kien Hoa and Dinh Tuong Provinces |
347 |
72
|
Sep 12 – Oct 31 |
Operation Neutralize[1][9]: 222 |
USAF and US Navy operations against PAVN artillery positions bombarding Con Thien |
DMZ |
|
|
Sep 15 – 21 |
Operation Arkansas City I[11] |
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment reconnaissance in force operation to attempt to locate and destroy the VC 274th Regiment |
Highway 2 |
|
|
Sep 16 – 28 |
Operation Ballistic Charge[9]: 171 |
1st Battalion 3rd Marines operation |
Quảng Nam and Quảng Tín Provinces |
|
|
Sep 17 |
Operation Fortress Sentry[1][9]: 171–2 |
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines amphibious and heliborne search and destroy operation |
Quảng Trị Province |
|
|
Sep 19 – Jan 31 1969 |
Operation Bolling[35] |
1st Cavalry Division and 173rd Airborne Brigade operation |
Phú Yên Province |
715 |
55
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Sep 22 – 28 |
Operation Richmond[1][11] |
3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment engineering security operation |
along Route 20, Long Khánh Province |
|
|
Sep 22 – 29 |
Operation Shelbyville[1][9]: 171 |
2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines and 1st Battalion, 11th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Sep 23 – 28 |
Operation Bluefield II[1] |
1st Infantry Division search and destroy and road-clearing operation |
III Corps |
|
|
Sep 24 – Oct 9 |
Operation Arkansas City II[1] |
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment search and destroy operation |
Phước Tuy Province |
|
|
Sep 26 – Oct 21 |
Operation Akron III[1] |
1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division search and destroy operation |
Biên Hòa Province |
|
|
Sep 27 – Nov 19 |
Operation Shenandoah II[28]: 32 |
1st Infantry Division operations in Binh Guong Province that extended to include the Loc Ninh area of Bình Long Province after PAVN/VC attacks on Loc Ninh on 29 October 1967. The Battle of Ong Thanh took place when U.S. forces were ambushed by a superior communist force. |
Bing Guong and Bình Long Provinces. |
|
|
Sep 29 – Oct 11 |
Operation Kenmore[1][5] |
2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment search and destroy operation |
Phước Tuy Province |
|
|
Oct – Dec |
Operation Night Bolt[36] |
US Navy plan to scuttle a submarine to block the Haiphong channel (Cua Nam Trieu) |
Haiphong |
|
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Oct 1 – Feb 8 |
Operation Dazzlem (1967-68)[1] |
1st Cavalry Division (1 Oct 67 – 17 Jan 68) and 173rd Airborne Brigade (17 Jan – 8 Feb 68) search and destroy operation |
Bình Định Province |
|
|
Oct 4 – Nov 11 |
Operation Wallowa[1] |
23rd Infantry Division and 3/1 Cavalry search and destroy and security operation |
Quảng Nam and Quảng Tín Provinces |
|
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Oct 10 – 20 |
Operation Lam Son 138[1] |
two battalions of the ARVN 1st Division operation in conjunction with the US Operation Medina |
Hai Lang Forest Reserve, Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên Provinces |
|
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Oct 10 – 20 |
Operation Medina[1][9]: 141 |
1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines and two battalions of the ARVN 1st Division operation |
Hai Lang Forest Reserve |
|
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Oct 11 – 20 |
Operation Bastion Hill[1][9]: 139 |
1st Battalion 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion 1st Marines, 1st Battalion 3rd Marines, 1st Battalion 4th Marines and 1st Battalion 11th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên Province |
|
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Oct 11 – 20 |
Operation Coronado VI[1] |
MRF 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division search and destroy operation |
III Corps |
|
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Oct 12 - Jan 31 1969 |
Operation MacArthur[1] |
4th Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Division, 173rd Airborne Brigade, ARVN 42nd Regiment and 3rd Airborne Battalion operations, including the Battle of Dak To |
western highlands of Pleiku and Kon Tum Provinces |
5,731 |
700+
|
Oct 14 |
Operation Lard Yar[1] |
Royal Thai Army Volunteer Regiment operation |
III Corps |
|
|
Oct 15 – 17 |
Operation Onslow[1][9]: 123 |
1st Battalion, 5th Marines and ARVN 2nd Ranger Battalion search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
|
|
Oct 15 – Dec 31 |
Operation Boudinot[1] |
5th Special Forces Group, 27th MSF Company and CIDG operation |
Đắk Lắk Province |
|
|
Oct 17 – 20 |
Operation Don Ched I[1] |
4th Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment and Royal Thai Army Volunteer Regiment search and destroy operation |
III Corps |
|
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Oct 17 – 24 |
Operation Formation Leader[1][9]: 173 |
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines amphibious and heliborne search and destroy operation |
coastal region east of Route 1, Thừa Thiên Province |
|
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Oct 17 – Nov 1 |
Operation Shenandoah I[28]: 31 |
1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division road-runner operation |
Lai Khe–An Loc–Dầu Tiếng area |
97 |
|
Oct 20 – 23 |
Operation Valdosta II[11] |
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment security operations |
central Long Khánh Province |
|
|
Oct 20 – Jan 20 68 |
Operation Osceola[1][9]: 142 [34]: 722 |
1st Battalion, 1st Marines and 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines search and destroy operation |
Hải Lăng Forest, Quảng Trị Province |
76 |
17
|
Oct 20 – Apr 7 68 |
Operation Narasuan[37] |
9th Infantry Division and Royal Thai Army Volunteer Regiment search and destroy operation |
Biên Hòa Province |
|
|
Oct 21 – Nov 1 |
Operation Coronado VII[1] |
9th Infantry Division search and destroy operation |
III Corps |
|
|
Oct 24 – Nov 4 |
Operation Knox[1][9]: 123 |
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines and 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines operation |
Thừa Thiên Province |
|
|
Oct 25 – Nov 6 |
Operation Granite[1][9]: 172–4 |
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines and 1st Battalion, 4th Marines operation |
Thừa Thiên Province |
|
|
Oct 27 – Nov 18 |
Operation Santa Fe[1][5] |
2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment search and destroy operation |
Phước Tuy Province |
|
|
Nov |
Operation Eagle Thrust[1] |
Movement of the 101st Airborne Division to South Vietnam |
|
|
|
Nov 1 – Jan 18 1968 |
Operation Coronado IX[1][10]: 58 |
9th Infantry Division, US Navy Task Force 117 and 5th Battalion, VNMC operation |
Kien Hoa and Dinh Tuong Province |
349 |
32
|
Nov 1 – Jan 20 1968 |
Operation Lancaster[34]: 722 [9]: 143 |
1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines search and destroy operation |
Route 9 between Cam Lo and in the old Operation Kingfisher area around Ca Lu |
46 |
27
|
Nov 1 – Jan 20 1968 |
Operation Neosho[9]: 142 [34]: 722 |
1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines operation |
northwest of Huế |
77 |
12
|
Nov 1 – Mar 31 1968 |
Operation Scotland[9]: 142 [34]: 724 |
1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 1st Battalion, 13th Marines and 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 26th Marines operations (including the Battle of Khe Sanh). The operation terminates with commencement of Operation Pegasus |
westernmost portion of Quảng Trị Province centered on the Khe Sanh area |
1631 |
204
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Nov 1 – Feb 28 1969 |
Operation Kentucky[9]: 180–1 [34]: 723 |
1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 3d Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, 1st and 2nd Battalions, 26th Marines and 3rd Tank Battalion anti-infiltration operation |
Leatherneck Square between Con Thien, Gio Linh, Cam Lo and Dong Ha |
3,921 |
520
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Nov 2 – Jan 5 1968 |
Operation Santa Fe (1967-68)[1][11] |
1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and ARVN 2nd Battalion, 43rd Infantry Regiment operations to open Route 1 |
Gia Ray to Ham Tan |
8 |
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Nov 5 – Feb 29 68 |
Operation Napoleon[9]: 142–5 |
3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines and 1st Amphibian Tractor Battalion operation |
north of the Cua Viet River, Dong Ha area |
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Nov 6 – 17 |
Operation Essex[1][9]: 120–3 |
2nd Battalion, 5th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
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Nov 11 – 30 |
Operation Rose[1] |
3rd Battalion, 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation |
Bình Thuận and Ninh Thuận Provinces |
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Nov 13 – 29 |
Operation Badger Hunt[1][9]: 174–5 |
2nd Battalion 3rd Marines search and destroy operation |
Đại Lộc District, Quảng Nam Province |
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Nov 13 – 30 |
Operation Foster[1][9]: 123 |
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
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Nov 16 – 24 |
Operation Kiên Giang 9-1[1][10]: 61 |
MRF, 2nd and 3rd Brigades, 9th Infantry Division, ARVN 7th Division and 9th Division, 5th Battalion, Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps and US Navy TF117 operation against the VC 263rd and 514th Battalions Base Area 470 |
Dinh Tuong Province |
21 |
12
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Nov 17 – 21 |
Operation Cove[1] |
1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines and 2nd and 3d Battalions, 26th Marines security operation |
Thừa Thiên Province |
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Nov 17 – Dec 17 |
Operation Strike/Operation Uniontown[1] |
9th Infantry Division and 199th Infantry Brigade operation |
Biên Hòa Province |
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Nov 18 – Dec 23 |
Operation Atlanta II[1] |
2nd and 3rd Brigades, 25th Infantry Division and ARVN 5th Division search and destroy operation |
Bình Dương and Hậu Nghĩa Provinces |
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Nov 23 – Jan 5 68 |
Operation Forrest[1][5] |
2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 3rd Cavalry Regiment rice denial operation |
west, east and southeast of the Nui Dat base |
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Nov 24 – 27 |
Operation Ballistic Arch[1][9]: 179–80 |
1st Battalion 3rd Marines helicopter and amphibious assault operation |
7 km (4 mi) south of the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province |
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Dec 1 – 17 |
Operation Uniontown[1] |
199th Light Infantry Brigade operation |
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Dec 1 – 23 |
Operation Sultan[1] |
Special Forces Project DELTA operation |
II Corps |
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Dec 1 – Jan 8 68 |
Operation Klamath Falls[1] |
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment search and destroy operation |
Bình Thuận, Bình Tuy and Lâm Đồng Provinces |
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Dec 3 – 5 |
Operation Binh Son Support[1] |
198th Infantry Brigade operation |
near Chu Lai |
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Dec 4 – 5 |
Operation Tiger Coronado IX[1] |
3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment riverine search and destroy operation |
Dinh Tuong Province |
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Dec 4 – 21 |
Operation Quicksilver[1] |
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment highway security operation for movement of the 101st Airborne Division |
between Bến Cát District and Phuoc Vinh |
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Dec 5 – 12 |
Operation Pitt[1] |
2nd Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
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Dec 8 – Feb 24 1968 |
Operation Yellowstone[11][16]: 144 |
25th Infantry Division, 2/22nd Mechanized and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment search and destroy operations |
Tây Ninh Province, along the Cambodian border |
1,254 |
81
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Dec 8 – Mar 11 68 |
Operation Saratoga[1] |
25th Infantry Division operation along the Cambodian border |
Bình Dương, Già Dinh, Hậu Nghĩa, and Tây Ninh Provinces |
3,862 |
215
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Dec 14 – Jan 20 68 |
Operation Brush[1] |
5th Special Forces Group and MIKE Force operation |
II Corps/III Corps boundary |
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Dec 15 – 23 |
Operation Citrus[1][9]: 123 |
3rd Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Nam Province |
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Dec 16 – 31 |
Operation Camden[1] |
3rd Battalion, 25th Infantry Division and ARVN 49th Regiment search and destroy operation |
Hậu Nghĩa and Tây Ninh Provinces |
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Dec 17 – Jan 31 68 |
Operation Mang Ho IX[1] |
ROK Capital Division search and destroy operation |
Bình Định Province |
749 |
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Dec 17 – Feb 17 68 |
Operation Manchester[1] |
199th Infantry Brigade and 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division search and destroy operation |
Biên Hòa, Bình Dương, Long Khánh and Phước Long Provinces |
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Dec 17 – Mar 8 68 |
Operation Uniontown[1][16]: 199 |
199th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment security operation, encompassing Tet Offensive operations |
Biên Hòa and Gia Định Provinces |
922 |
76
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Dec 18 – 23 |
Operation Warm Springs[1] |
199th Infantry Brigade search and destroy operation. Redesignated Operation Uniontown on 23 Dec 67 |
III Corps |
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Dec 18 – Jan 5 1968 |
Operation Hall[1] |
5th Special Forces Group operation |
southwest of Cam Ranh Bay |
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Dec 19 – 31 |
Operation Sylvester[1] |
5th Special Forces Group and Vân Canh District CIDG force reconnaissance operation |
southwest of Qui Nhơn |
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Dec 19 – Jun 10 1968 |
Operation Muscatine[1][38] |
3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, 11th Infantry Brigade and 198th Infantry Brigade operation |
Quảng Ngãi Province |
1,129 |
142
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Dec 21 – 24 |
Operation Fortress Ridge[9]: 175–6 |
3rd Battalion, 1st Marines operation |
coast of Gio Linh District, 7 km (4 mi) south of the DMZ |
10 |
10
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Dec 26 |
Operation Lam Son 166[14] |
ARVN 1st Division operations against the 816th Vietcong Battalion |
Thừa Thiên and Quảng Trị Provinces |
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Dec 26 – Jan 2 1968 |
Operation Badger Tooth[1][9]: 176–9 |
3rd Battalion 1st Marines search and destroy operation |
Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên Provinces |
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Dec 26 – Jan 21 1968 |
Operation Fargo[39] |
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment operation to engage the VC 271st, 272nd and 273rd Regiments, open Route 13 from An Loc to Loc Ninh and prevent infiltration from Cambodia |
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2 |
2
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Dec 28 – Jan 3 1968 |
Operation Auburn[34]: 722 |
5th Marines operation |
on Go Noi Island south of Da Nang |
37 |
24
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