Operation Harvest Moon

Operation Harvest Moon
Part of Vietnam War
2nd Battalion, 7th Marines move across paddy dikes during Operation Harvest Moon
Date 8–20 December 1965 Location Quế Sơn Valley, Quảng Tín Province (now Quang Nam Province), South Vietnam Result Allied operational success
Belligerents
United States  South Vietnam	Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
LG Lew Walt BG Melvin D. Henderson BG Jonas M. Platt Gen. Nguyễn Chánh Thi BG Hoàng Xuân Lãm	Unknown
Units involved
3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines 3rd Battalion, 1st Regiment 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment 1st Battalion, 6th Regiment 11th Ranger Battalion	1st Regiment
Casualties and losses
90 killed 91 missing 45 killed	US/ARVN body count: 407 killed 33 captured

Operation Harvest Moon/Lien Ket 18 was a US Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam search and destroy operation in the Quế Sơn Valley in western Quảng Tín Province, lasting from 8 to 20 December 1965.