| Operation Kingfisher | |||||||
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| Part of the Vietnam War | |||||||
 3/4 Marines patrol with a 3rd Tank Battalion M48, 29 July 1967 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States |
 North Vietnam | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Robert E. Cushman, Jr. Col. George E. Jerue (until 13 September) Col. Richard B. Smith |
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| Units involved | |||||||
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3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines 3rd Battalion 26th Marines |
324B Division | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~4,000-5,000 | ~8,000-10,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 340 killed |
US body count: 1,117 killed 5 captured 1,942 estimated killed 155 weapons recovered[2] | ||||||
Operation Kingfisher was a U.S. Marine Corps operation that took place during the Vietnam War.[3] The operation was carried out in the western part of "Leatherneck Square" near Con Thien, lasting from 16 July to 31 October 1967.
- ^ Telfer, Gary I. (1984). U.S. Marines in Vietnam: Fighting the North Vietnamese 1967. History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. ISBN 978-1482538878.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Operation Kingfisher II OP File". USMC History Division. p. 178. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ "41 U.S. Marines in 11 Days of Fighting", Associated Press, September 23, 1967, retrieved March 8, 2010
