Operation Neosho | |||||||
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Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | North Vietnam | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
MG Rathvon M. Tompkins Col. William L. Dick Col. Stanley S. Hughes |
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Units involved | |||||||
1st Battalion, 4th Marines 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines 1st Battalion, 9th Marines 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines |
800th Battalion 802nd Battalion | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
12 killed |
US body count: 77 killed 9 captured |
Operation Neosho was a security operation in northern Thừa Thiên Province, South Vietnam from 1 November 1967 to 25 January 1968.