Operation Utah | |||||||
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Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
Company F, 2/7 Marines, Operation Utah | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States South Vietnam | North Vietnam | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Brig Jonas M. Platt |
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Units involved | |||||||
1st Marine Division 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines Airborne Division 1st Airborne Battalion 5th Airborne Battalion 37th Ranger Battalion | 21st Regiment | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
98 killed 30 killed |
US body count: 600 killed 5 captured |
Operation Utah was a US Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) operation that took place northwest of Quảng Ngãi, lasting from 4–7 March 1966, during the Vietnam War.