Operation Desoto

Operation Desoto
	Part of Vietnam War
	; 3/7 Marines sniper team
Date	27 January-7 April 1967
Location	Đức Phổ District, South Vietnam14°48′54″N 108°57′36″E / 14.815°N 108.96°E
Result	See aftermath
Belligerents
United States	Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
Herman Nickerson Jr.	;
Units involved
3rd Battalion, 7th Marines; 12th Marines	38th Battalion; 95th Battalion
Casualties and losses
76 killed	US body count: 383 killed

Operation Desoto was a US Marine Corps operation that took place in Đức Phổ District, lasting from 27 January to 7 April 1967.