Operation Taylor Common

Operation Taylor Common
Part of the Vietnam War

5th Marines on Hill 575
Date7 December 1968 – 8 March 1969
Location
An Hoa Basin, Quảng Nam Province
Result U.S. and South Vietnamese victory
Belligerents
 United States
 South Vietnam
 North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
BG Ross T. Dwyer
BG Samuel Jaskilka
COL Michael M. Sparks  
Unknown
Units involved
United States Task Force Yankee comprising:
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines
3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines
5th Marine Regiment
1st Battalion, 7th Marines
2nd Battalion, 7th Marines
Kilo Battery, 4th Battalion, 13th Marines
3rd Battalion, 26th Marines
South Vietnam 1st Ranger Group
Unknown
Casualties and losses
United States 183 killed
South Vietnam 100 killed
US body count: 1,398 killed
29 captured

Operation Taylor Common was a search and destroy operation conducted by Task Force Yankee, a task force of the 1st Marine Division supported by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), southwest of Hội An from 6 December 1968 to 8 March 1969.


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