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3rd Battalion, 12th Marines (3/12) is an artillery battalion comprising four firing batteries and a Headquarters Battery. The firing batteries are not permanently assigned to the battalion- they are all on 6-month rotations in Okinawa from the 10th Marine Regiment and the 11th Marine Regiment (known as the Unit Deployment Program (UDP)).
1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines and 1st Battalion, 12th Marines reconnaissance in force operation along the Laotian border: west of Khe Sanh, Quảng Trị Province: 157: 21 Mar 16 – Apr 15: Operation Darby Crest III [1]
BLT 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines and 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines search and destroy operation to engage the 1st VC Regiment: Que Son Valley: 125: Feb 18 – 19: Operation Belt Line [1] 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division road clearing and security operation along Route 13: Bình Dương Province: Feb 21 – 27: Operation Mastiff [1]
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 26th Marines search and destroy operation: Thừa Thiên Province: Jun 6 – 13: Operation Broken Hill [1] [5] 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment search and destroy operation: Phước Tuy Province: Jun 8 – Aug 2: Operation Malheur II [25]
The task force consisted of four infantry battalions, 2nd Battalion 1st Marines, 1st Battalion 3rd Marines, 2nd Battalion 4th Marines and 3rd Battalion 4th Marines, one artillery battalion, 3rd Battalion 12th Marines, and various supporting forces. English established his command post at Cam Lộ. [1]: 161
[3]: 78 Also on 20 January the 3rd Marines replaced the 1st Marines at Quảng Trị. [3]: 57 Operation Osceola II commenced on 20 January with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines responsible for protecting the base supported by artillery from 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines. On 24 and 31 January the base was hit by 122 mm rockets and mortar fire causing ...
The base was first used by the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines in late April 1966. [2]: 142 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines was deployed by air to the base on 29 May in Operation Reno to support Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) forces in sweeps around Đông Hà.
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]