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Operation Buffalo (1967)

Operation Buffalo
Part of Vietnam War

Company K, 3/9 Marines with 3rd Tank Battalion M48 tanks
Date2–14 July 1967
Location
Result US declares victory
Launch of Operation Kingfisher
Belligerents
 United States  North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
Col. George E. Jerue
Units involved
1st Battalion, 9th Marines
3rd Battalion, 9th Marines
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines
90th Regiment, 324B Division
Strength
~3,000 ~1,500
Casualties and losses
159 killed
1 missing[1]
US body count: 1,290 killed
513 probably killed
1 captured[1]
100 weapons recovered

Operation Buffalo (2–14 July 1967) was an operation of the Vietnam War that took place in the southern half of the Demilitarized Zone, around Con Thien.

  1. ^ a b "Operation Buffalo" (PDF). U.S. Operations Report. Retrieved 28 November 2014.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.