Operation Coronado XI | |||||||
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Part of Operation Coronado, Vietnam War | |||||||
An Assault Support Patrol Boat (ASPB) is damaged by Viet Cong fire | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States South Vietnam | Viet Cong | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
BG William B. Fulton | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment |
303rd Battalion 307th Battalion 309th Battalion Tay Do Battalion | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | US body count: 297 killed |
Operation Coronado XI was the eleventh of the Operation Coronado series of riverine military operations conducted by the U.S. Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) and units of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), designed to secure Cần Thơ in the aftermath of the Tet Offensive. It ran from 12 February to 3 March 1968.[1]: 125