Operation Pipestone Canyon

Operation Pipestone Canyon
Part of Vietnam War
HMM-263 CH-46s deploy Marines in Dodge City
Date 26 May – 7 November 1969 Location Go Noi Island, Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam 15°51′N 108°12′E / 15.85°N 108.2°E / 15.85; 108.2 Result Allied operational success PAVN/VC forces driven from Go Noi Island and "Dodge City"
Belligerents
United States  South Vietnam  South Korea	Viet Cong  North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
MG Ormond R. Simpson Col. Charles S. Robertson Col. Herbert L. Wilkerson	Vương Thừa Vũ
Units involved
1st Battalion, 1st Marines 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines 1st Battalion, 26th Marines 1st Battalion, 51st Regiment 2nd Battalion, 51st Regiment 37th Ranger Battalion 2nd Marine Brigade	36th Regiment
Casualties and losses
71 killed	US body count: 852 killed 58 captured

Operation Pipestone Canyon was a US Marine Corps, Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) operation that took place on Go Noi Island, Quảng Nam Province, lasting from 26 May to 7 November 1969.