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A race riot at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune resulted in the death of one Marine. [ 6 ] : 356 The Navy issued the plan for Operation Duck Hook a program of massive bombing of North Vietnam commissioned by National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger .
3rd Marine Division redeployment from South Vietnam to the United States: Sep 21 – Oct 28: Operation Putnam Cougar [1] 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division clear and search operation: Bình Định Province: Sep 27 – Oct 7: Operation Hancock Flame [1] 3rd Battalion, 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment clear and search operation: Bình Thuận ...
Marine sources listed 21 dead PAVN/VC in the area. [4] Marine PFC Dan Bullock, the youngest American serviceman killed in action in the Vietnam War died at An Hòa on 7 June 1969. The 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines handed over the base to the ARVN 1st Battalion, 51st Regiment on 15 October 1970. [5]
On 23 April 1969, the base was the scene of one of the first reported Fragging incidents of the war when 1LT Robert T. Rohweller of the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines was killed by a grenade thrown into his hut. [7] The base was used as a staging area as the Marines withdrew from I Corps in June–September 1969.
Operation Dewey Canyon was the last major offensive by the 3rd Marine Division during the Vietnam War.It took place from 22 January through 18 March 1969 and involved a sweep of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN)–dominated A Shau and Song Đa Krông Valleys by the 9th Marine Regiment.
Military units and formations of the United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War (11 P) ... List of allied military operations of the Vietnam War (1969)
Marine Corps Major South Vietnam November 5, 1969 Senior Marine advisor to Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps John W. O’Kelley Navy Seaman Ong Huong River, Kien Hoa Province May 26, 1968 Mobile Riverine Force Samuel G. Orlando † Navy Hospitalman Quảng Ngãi Province March 4, 1966 Corpsman Frederick F. Palmer Navy Commander North Vietnam
From January 22 to March 18, 1969, 2/9 participated in Operation Dewey Canyon which was a sweep of the A Shau Valley and the last major offensive by the Marine Corps in Vietnam. [7] In August 1969, 2/9 Marines was ordered to return to Camp Schwab, Okinawa.