Operation Harvest Moon
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Operation Harvest Moon/Lien Ket 18 was a US Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam search and destroy operation in the Quế Sơn Valley in western Quảng Tín Province, lasting from 8 to 20 December 1965.
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Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
2nd Battalion, 7th Marines move across paddy dikes during Operation Harvest Moon | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States South Vietnam | Viet Cong | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
LG Lew Walt BG Melvin D. Henderson BG Jonas M. Platt Gen. Nguyễn Chánh Thi BG Hoàng Xuân Lãm | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines 3rd Battalion, 1st Regiment 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment 1st Battalion, 6th Regiment 11th Ranger Battalion | 1st Regiment | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
90 killed 91 missing 45 killed |
US/ARVN body count: 407 killed 33 captured |
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