Operation Taylor Common

Operation Taylor Common
Part of the Vietnam War
5th Marines on Hill 575
Date 7 December 1968 – 8 March 1969 Location An Hoa Basin, Quảng Nam Province Result U.S. and South Vietnamese victory
Belligerents
United States  South Vietnam	North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
BG Ross T. Dwyer BG Samuel Jaskilka COL Michael M. Sparks  †	Unknown
Units involved
Task Force Yankee comprising: 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines 5th Marine Regiment 1st Battalion, 7th Marines 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines Kilo Battery, 4th Battalion, 13th Marines 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines 1st Ranger Group	Unknown
Casualties and losses
183 killed 100 killed	US body count: 1,398 killed 29 captured

Operation Taylor Common was a search and destroy operation conducted by Task Force Yankee, a task force of the 1st Marine Division supported by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), southwest of Hội An from 6 December 1968 to 8 March 1969.