Operation Prairie II

Operation Prairie II
Part of the Vietnam War

Company A, 1/9 Marines in action near Cam Lộ, 3 March 1967
Date1 February – 18 March 1967
Location
Result US operational success
Belligerents
 United States North Vietnam North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
MG Wood B. Kyle
BG Michael P. Ryan
Lt. Col. Victor Ohanesian  

Units involved
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines
3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines
3rd Battalion, 4th Marines
1st Battalion, 9th Marines
2nd Battalion, 9th Marines
324B Division
Casualties and losses
93 killed
1 missing
US body count: 694 killed
20 captured
137 individual weapons recovered[1]

Operation Prairie II was a U.S. military operation in Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam that sought to eliminate People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that took place from 1 February to 18 March 1967.


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