| Operation Deckhouse V | |||||||
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| Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
 Two USMC amtracs move along a beach, with a UH-1 helicopter approaching at right. USS Washtenaw County is in the background. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States South Vietnam |
 Viet Cong | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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BG Louis Metzger | |||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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1st Battalion 9th Marines 3rd and 4th Marine Battalions | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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7 killed 1 killed |
21 killed 44 weapons recovered | ||||||
Operation Deckhouse Five was a United States Marine Corps (USMC) and Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps operation that took place from 6–15 January 1967 in the Mekong Delta, during the Vietnam War. "The ten-day sweep," reported the AP from its daily military roundup from Saigon, "proved unproductive."