Operation Utah Mesa | |||||||
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Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | North Vietnam | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
MG William K. Jones Col. Edward F. Danowitz |
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Units involved | |||||||
1st Battalion, 9th Marines 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines Companies B and C, 1st Battalion, 61st Infantry Regiment (Mechanized) Company B 1st Battalion, 77th Armored Regiment 2nd Regiment | 24th Regiment | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
14 killed | US body count: 309 killed |
Operation Utah Mesa was a United States Marine Corps, United States Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) operation in northwest Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam from 12 June to 6 July 1969.