| Operation Pickens Forest | |||||||
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| Part of the Vietnam War | |||||||
 Company B, 1/7 Marines patrolling during Operation Pickens Forest | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States |
 North Vietnam Viet Cong | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Col. Edmund G. Derning |
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| Units involved | |||||||
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1st Battalion, 5th Marines 7th Marine Regiment 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines | 38th Regiment | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 4 killed | US body count: 99 killed | ||||||
Operation Pickens Forest was a U.S. Marine Corps operation in Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam that took place from 16 July to 24 August 1970.