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Buffalo
Written June 2013, edited February 2019
Operation
Dates:
2 Jul 1967 - 14 Jul 1967
Area of Operation:
Quảng Trị Province, I Corps
Allied Units:
USMC 3d Battalion 3d Marines, 3d Battalion 4th Marines, 1st Battalion 9th Marines, 2d Battalion 9th Marines, 3d Battalion 9th Marines
Allied Casualties:
159 KIA, 345 WIA
Enemy Units:
NVA 90th Regiment
Enemy Casualties:
1290 KIA, 2 POW
Objective(s):
Defend Con Thien Combat Base
Significance/Notes:
Con Thien was considered one of the most important observation points, though was quite vulnerable, along the DMZ and as such needed to be defended.
Sources:
Vietnam War Almanac by James H. Willbanks
The Vietnam Center And Archive (at Texas Tech University)
Further Reading:
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