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The battalion retrograded from Sangin district on 5 May 2014, and turned over security responsibility of the area to the Afghan National Army. 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, was the final Marine Corps unit to occupy FOB Sabit Qadam and the surrounding area in Sangin District. [13]
The 7th Marine Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California. Nicknamed the "Magnificent Seventh", the regiment falls under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force .
1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines and 1st Battalion, 7th Marines clear and search operation: Quảng Nam Province: Jul – Mar 70: Operation Dong Tien [20] 1st Infantry Division support for Vietnamization program: Jul 3 – Sep 21: Operation Arlington Canyon [1] [5]: 159–64
Marine losses for the day were 14 dead and 54 wounded. On the morning of 20 September the Marines overran the position finding only 3 dead PAVN from the 2nd Battalion, 36th Regiment. Company G 2/7 Marines then encountered a PAVN force near Nong Son (2) losing 5 dead and 19 wounded before withdrawing to allow supporting fire to engage the PAVN.
South Vietnam United States: Viet Cong: Commanders and leaders; Col. Oscar F. Peatross: Units involved South Vietnam: 2nd Battalion, 4th Regiment 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion United States: 1st Battalion, 7th Marines 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines: 1st Regiment: Casualties and losses; 5 killed 2 killed: US/ARVN body count: 178 killed
1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines and ARVN 6th Regiment search and destroy operation to entrap the NVA 3rd and 21st Regiments: north of Tam Kỳ, Quảng Nam Province: 701: 110 May 30 – Jun 6: Operation Tulsa [11]
Elements of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines await a heli-lift during Operation Imperial Lake. Operation Imperial Lake, a United States Marine Corps, Republic of Korea Marine Corps and U.S. Army operation in the Quế Sơn District, Quảng Nam Province begins. It was the last operation of the U.S. 1st Marine Division during the war.
1st Marine Regiment (United States) 1st Marine Division; 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines; 3rd Marine Division; 5th Marine Regiment; 5th Marine Division (United States) 7th Marine Regiment; 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (United States) 11th Marine Regiment