Operation Kingfisher

Operation Kingfisher
	Part of the Vietnam War
	; 3/4 Marines patrol with a 3rd Tank Battalion M48, 29 July 1967
Date	16 July – 31 October 1967
Location	Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam
Result	Both sides claim victory
Belligerents
United States	North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
Robert E. Cushman, Jr.; Col. George E. Jerue (until 13 September); Col. Richard B. Smith	;
Units involved
3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines; 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines; 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines; 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines; 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines; 3rd Battalion 26th Marines	324B Division;
Strength
~4,000-5,000	~8,000-10,000
Casualties and losses
340 killed	US body count: 1,117 killed; 5 captured; 1,942 estimated killed; 155 weapons recovered

Operation Kingfisher was a US Marine Corps operation that took place during the Vietnam War.^[3] The operation was carried out in the western part of "Leatherneck Square" near Con Thien, lasting from 16 July to 31 October 1967.

^ Telfer, Gary I. (1984). U.S. Marines in Vietnam: Fighting the North Vietnamese 1967. History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. ISBN 978-1482538878. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Operation Kingfisher II OP File". USMC History Division. p. 178. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ "41 U.S. Marines in 11 Days of Fighting", Associated Press, September 23, 1967, retrieved March 8, 2010

[Telfer-1] Telfer, Gary I. (1984). U.S. Marines in Vietnam: Fighting the North Vietnamese 1967. History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. ISBN 978-1482538878. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[KingfisherOP-2] "Operation Kingfisher II OP File". USMC History Division. p. 178. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

[ap-3] "41 U.S. Marines in 11 Days of Fighting", Associated Press, September 23, 1967, retrieved March 8, 2010

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