Operation Double Eagle

Operation Double Eagle
Part of Vietnam War

Company F, 2/4 Marines pass an LVT-5
Date28 January – 17 February 1966
Location
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
 United States
 South Vietnam
 North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
United States BG Jonas M. Platt
South Vietnam Gen. Hoàng Xuân Lãm
Units involved
United States 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines
2nd Battalion, 9th Marines
3rd Battalion, 11th Marines
3rd Battalion, 12th Marines
1st Force Reconnaissance Company
Company B, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion
South Vietnam 2nd Division
North Vietnam 18th Regiment
North Vietnam 95th Regiment
2nd Regiment
Casualties and losses
United States 24 killed US body count 312 killed
19 captured
18 weapons recovered

Operation Double Eagle was a US Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) operation that took place in southern Quảng Ngãi Province, lasting from 28 January to 17 February 1966, during the Vietnam War. The operation was mounted in conjunction with Operation Masher in northern Bình Định Province. The operation was inconclusive as the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Vietcong (VC) had largely slipped away.


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