Operation Jay

Operation Jay
Part of the Vietnam War
Date25 June – 2 July 1966
Location
Thừa Thiên Province, South Vietnam
Result U.S. claims operational success
Belligerents
 United States
 South Vietnam		 North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
Col. Donald W. Sherman
Units involved
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines
2nd Battalion, 1st Marines
3rd Battalion, 4th Marines
2nd Battalion, Vietnamese Marines		 802nd Battalion
806th Battalion
812th Battalion
Casualties and losses
24 killed
42 killed		 U.S. body count: 475 killed

Operation Jay was a U.S. Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) search and destroy operation on the Street Without Joy, northern Thừa Thiên Province, lasting from 25 June to 2 July 1966.

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