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Operation Mameluke Thrust

Operation Mameluke Thrust
Part of Vietnam War

Seventh Marine Regiment sniper team during Operation Mameluke Thrust
Date19 May - 23 October 1968
Location15°51′N 108°12′E / 15.85°N 108.2°E / 15.85; 108.2
Result US operational success
Belligerents
 United States  North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
MG Donn J. Robertson
MG Carl A. Youngdale

Units involved

1st Marine Division

5th Marine Division

9th Cavalry Regiment

  • A Troop, 1st Squadron

308th Division

  • 36th Regiment
Casualties and losses
269 killed US body count: 2728 killed
47 captured

Operation Mameluke Thrust was a US Marine Corps operation that took place in Happy Valley southwest of Danang, lasting from 19 May to 23 October 1968.