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Operation Utah Mesa

Operation Utah Mesa
Part of Vietnam War
Date12 June -6 July 1969
Location
Result Allies claim operational success
Belligerents
United States Vietnam North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
MG William K. Jones
Col. Edward F. Danowitz

Units involved
United States 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
South Vietnam 2nd Regiment
24th Regiment
Casualties and losses
United States 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.