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Operation Marauder

Operation Marauder
Part of Vietnam War
Date1–8 January 1966
Location10°30′N 105°42′E / 10.5°N 105.7°E / 10.5; 105.7
Result Allied operational success
Belligerents
 United States
 Australia
 New Zealand
Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
United States Brig Ellis W. Williamson
Units involved
United States 173rd Airborne Brigade
Australia 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
New Zealand 161 Bty, Royal New Zealand Artillery
267th Main Force Battalion
506th Battalion
Casualties and losses
United States 3 killed U.S. body count 114 killed

Operation Marauder was an operation conducted by the 173rd Airborne Brigade and the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) in the Plain of Reeds, Mekong Delta, lasting from 1 to 8 January 1966.[1]

  1. ^ Tolson, John (1973). Vietnam Studies: Airmobility 1961–1971. Department of the Army. p. 86. ISBN 9781494721848.