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1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st, 3rd and 4th Battalions Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps and ARVN 35th and 39th Ranger Battalions search and destroy operation to locate and destroy the PAVN 2nd Division (AKA 620th Division) Que Son Valley, Quảng Nam and Quảng Tín Provinces: 674: 22 ...
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]
Operation Jackstay was a 1st Battalion, 5th Marines and Republic of Vietnam Marine Division operation in the Rung Sat Special Zone. The operation resulted in 63 VC and five U.S. killed. [46]: 102–3 26 March - 21 July. Operation Fillmore was conducted by the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division in Phú Yên Province. The operation resulted in ...
Operation Prairie was a U.S. military operation in Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam that sought to eliminate People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Over the course of late 1965 and early 1966 the Viet Cong (VC) and the PAVN intensified their military threat along the DMZ. The tactical goal of these ...
1st Battalion, 5th Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Trị Province: Jan 31 – Feb 9: Operation Searcy [1] 1st Infantry Division search and destroy operation: III Corps: Feb: Operation Highrise [9]: 17 Marines and Army shelling of PAVN gun positions: in and north of the DMZ: Feb: Operation Lam Son 46 [14] ARVN 1st Division operations
The 5th Marine Regiment (also referred to as "5th Marines") is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It is the most highly decorated regiment in the Marine Corps [ 3 ] and falls under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF).
Vietnamese Marine Corps Headquarters, Saigon, March 1966 On 30 May 1965 in the Battle of Ba Gia the 3rd Marine Battalion was part of a task force with 2nd Battalion, 51st Infantry Regiment, 25th Division , the 39th Ranger Battalion and one squadron of M113 armored personnel carriers to recapture Ba Gia which had been captured the previous day ...
3rd Battalion 1st Marines: South Vietnam, Quảng Nam Province: Member of a 4-man fire team that disappeared while moving to a night ambush position. The remains of 1 Marine, PFC Robert C Borton were returned in 1993 [186] Presumptive finding of death [3] August 28: Bodenschatz, John E: Private First Class: USMC: 3rd Battalion 1st Marines ...