Operation Double Eagle

Operation Double Eagle
Part of Vietnam War
Company F, 2/4 Marines pass an LVT-5
Date 28 January – 17 February 1966 Location Quảng Ngãi Province, South Vietnam Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
United States  South Vietnam	North Vietnam Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
BG Jonas M. Platt Gen. Hoàng Xuân Lãm
Units involved
3rd Battalion, 1st Marines 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines 1st Force Reconnaissance Company Company B, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion 2nd Division	18th Regiment 95th Regiment 2nd Regiment
Casualties and losses
24 killed	US body count 312 killed 19 captured 18 weapons recovered

Operation Double Eagle was a US Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) operation that took place in southern Quảng Ngãi Province, lasting from 28 January to 17 February 1966, during the Vietnam War. The operation was mounted in conjunction with Operation Masher in northern Bình Định Province. The operation was inconclusive as the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Vietcong (VC) had largely slipped away.