Operation Piranha

Operation Piranha
Part of the Vietnam War

Map of Operation Piranha
Date7–10 September 1965
Location
Batangan Peninsula, Quảng Ngãi Province, South Vietnam
15°13′08″N 108°54′47″E / 15.219°N 108.913°E / 15.219; 108.913
Result U.S. & South Vietnamese victory
Belligerents
 South Vietnam
 United States		 Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
Col. Oscar F. Peatross
Units involved
 South Vietnam:
2nd Battalion, 4th Regiment
3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion
 United States:
1st Battalion, 7th Marines
3rd Battalion, 7th Marines		 1st Regiment
Casualties and losses
5 killed
2 killed		 US/ARVN body count: 178 killed
360 prisoners and suspects captured

Operation Piranha was a US Marine Corps operation during the Vietnam War that took place on the Batangan Peninsula from 7 to 10 September 1965.

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