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Con Thien is located at MGRS 48QYD113703) and was originally established as a Special Forces/CIDG camp on 20 February 1967 at Hill 158 by Special forces A-110. [2] The camp was built by a detachment from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4.
Operation Buffalo (2–14 July 1967) was an operation of the Vietnam War that took place in the southern half of the Demilitarized Zone, around Con Thien. Operation [ edit ]
The base was established 12.5 km northwest of Đông Hà and 5 km southeast of Con Thien to protect the land route to Con Thien and particularly the C-2 bridge immediately north of the base. [1] [2] By December 1967 all bunkers at C-2 had been completed and all minefields laid and perimeter barbed wire emplaced. [3]
Operation Kingfisher was a U.S. Marine Corps operation that took place during the Vietnam War. [3] The operation was carried out in the western part of "Leatherneck Square" near Con Thien, lasting from 16 July to 31 October 1967.
Leatherneck Square between Con Thien, Gio Linh, Cam Lo and Dong Ha: 3,921: 520 Nov 2 – Jan 5 1968: Operation Santa Fe (1967-68) [1] [11] 1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and ARVN 2nd Battalion, 43rd Infantry Regiment operations ...
Following the conclusion of Operation Kingfisher, 3rd Marine Division split the Kingfisher tactical area of responsibility (TAOR) in two. The new Kentucky TAOR which included Firebase Gio Linh, Con Thien, Cam Lộ Combat Base and Đông Hà Combat Base (the area known to Marines as Leatherneck Square) was under the control of the 9th Marines, while to the west the Operation Lancaster TAOR ...
On 25 May, H Company, 2/26 Marines, engaged a large PAVN Company at the base of Hill 117 5 km west of Con Thien. H Company joined by K Company, 3/4 Marines, made repeated advances up the hill against the PAVN with heavy fighting lasting throughout the day and cost 14 Marines and corpsmen killed and 92 wounded and claimed 41 PAVN killed.
On 2 October at 01:55 a unit of the 1st Brigade in a night defensive position 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Con Thien was attacked by fire by a PAVN company. The unit returned fire supported by artillery and the PAVN withdrew, leaving 14 dead and one captured and four individual and seven crew-served weapons; U.S. losses were one killed.