Operation Utah Mesa

Operation Utah Mesa
Part of the Vietnam War
Date12 June – 6 July 1969
Location
northwest Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam
Result Allies claim operational success
Belligerents
United States North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
MG William K. Jones
Col. Edward F. Danowitz
Units involved
1st Battalion, 9th Marines
2nd Battalion, 9th Marines
3rd Battalion, 9th Marines
Companies B and C, 1st Battalion, 61st Infantry Regiment (Mechanized)
Company B 1st Battalion, 77th Armored Regiment
2nd Regiment		 24th Regiment
Casualties and losses
14 killed US body count: 309 killed

Operation Utah Mesa was a United States Marine Corps, United States Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) operation in northwest Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam from 12 June to 6 July 1969.

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