Operation Prairie II

Operation Prairie II
Part of the Vietnam War
Company A, 1/9 Marines in action near Cam Lộ, 3 March 1967
Date 1 February – 18 March 1967 Location Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone Result US operational success
Belligerents
United States	North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
MG Wood B. Kyle BG Michael P. Ryan Lt. Col. Victor Ohanesian  †
Units involved
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines 1st Battalion, 9th Marines 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines	324B Division
Casualties and losses
93 killed 1 missing	US body count: 694 killed 20 captured 137 individual weapons recovered[1]

Operation Prairie II was a U.S. military operation in Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam that sought to eliminate People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that took place from 1 February to 18 March 1967.