Operation Buffalo (1967)
| Operation Buffalo | |||||||
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| Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
Company K, 3/9 Marines with 3rd Tank Battalion M48 tanks | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | North Vietnam | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Col. George E. Jerue | |||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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1st Battalion, 9th Marines 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines | 90th Regiment, 324B Division | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~3,000 | ~1,500 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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159 killed 1 missing |
US body count: 1,290 killed 513 probably killed 1 captured 100 weapons recovered | ||||||
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.