Operation Mameluke Thrust

Operation Mameluke Thrust
Part of Vietnam War
Seventh Marine Regiment sniper team during Operation Mameluke Thrust
Date 19 May – 23 October 1968 Location Happy Valley, Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam 15°51′N 108°12′E / 15.85°N 108.2°E / 15.85; 108.2 Result US operational success
Belligerents
United States	North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
MG Donn J. Robertson MG Carl A. Youngdale
Units involved
1st Marine Division 7th Marine Regiment 3rd Battalion 5th Marines 5th Marine Division 26th Marine Regiment 9th Cavalry Regiment A Troop, 1st Squadron	308th Division 36th Regiment
Casualties and losses
269 killed	US body count: 2728 killed 47 captured

Operation Mameluke Thrust was a US Marine Corps operation that took place in Happy Valley southwest of Danang, lasting from 19 May to 23 October 1968.