Operation Prairie II
| Operation Prairie II | |||||||
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| Part of the Vietnam War | |||||||
Company A, 1/9 Marines in action near Cam Lộ, 3 March 1967 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | North Vietnam | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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MG Wood B. Kyle BG Michael P. Ryan Lt. Col. Victor Ohanesian † | |||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines 1st Battalion, 9th Marines 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines | 324B Division | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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93 killed 1 missing |
US body count: 694 killed 20 captured 137 individual weapons recovered | ||||||
Operation Prairie II was a U.S. military operation in Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam that sought to eliminate People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that took place from 1 February to 18 March 1967.