Operation Meade River | |||||||
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Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
Marines of the 5th Marine Regiment deploy by helicopter to begin the operation | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Viet Cong North Vietnam | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
MG Carl A. Youngdale |
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Units involved | |||||||
1st Marine Division |
R-20 Battalion 1st Battalion, 36th Regiment | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
108 killed |
US body count: 1,023 killed 123 captured |
Operation Meade River was a US Marine Corps cordon and search operation that took place south of Danang, lasting from 20 November to 9 December 1968.