Global Information Lookup Global Information

Operation Coronado IV information


Operation Coronado IV
Part of Operation Coronado, Vietnam War
Date19 August – 9 September 1967
Location
Mekong Delta, South Vietnam
Result U.S. claims operational success
Belligerents
Operation Coronado IV United States Operation Coronado IV Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
MG George G. O'Connor Unknown
Units involved
United States Mobile Riverine Force
3rd and 4th Battalions, 47th Infantry Regiment
506th Local Force Battalion
Casualties and losses
Unknown US body count: 59 killed
97 individual and 8 crew-served weapons recovered

Operation Coronado IV was the fourth of the Operation Coronado series of riverine military operations conducted by the U.S. Mobile Riverine Force (MRF), designed to shut down Viet Cong (VC) strongholds in the Mekong Delta.[1]: 50  It ran from 19 August to 9 September 1967. It took place in Long An, Gò Công and Kiến Hòa Provinces (now Long An, Tien Giang and Bến Tre Provinces).[1]: 125 

  1. ^ a b Fulton, William B. (1985). Riverine Operations 1966–1969. United States Army Center of Military History. ISBN 978-1780392479.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

and 26 Related for: Operation Coronado IV information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8357 seconds.)

Operation Coronado IV

Last Update:

Operation Coronado IV was the fourth of the Operation Coronado series of riverine military operations conducted by the U.S. Mobile Riverine Force (MRF)...

Word Count : 518

Operation Coronado

Last Update:

military strategy. Operation Coronado II Operation Coronado IV Operation Coronado V Operation Coronado IX Operation Coronado X Operation Coronado XI Fulton, pp...

Word Count : 161

Operation Coronado IX

Last Update:

Operation Coronado IX was a riverine military operation conducted by the Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) of the United States and elements of the Army of...

Word Count : 2995

Operation Coronado II

Last Update:

Operation Coronado II was the second of eleven in the Operation Coronado series conducted by the U.S. Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) in conjunction with various...

Word Count : 2199

Operation Coronado XI

Last Update:

Operation Coronado XI was the eleventh of the Operation Coronado series of riverine military operations conducted by the U.S. Mobile Riverine Force (MRF)...

Word Count : 1675

Operation Coronado V

Last Update:

Operation Coronado V was a riverine military operation conducted by the U.S. Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) and elements of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam...

Word Count : 1984

1967 in the Vietnam War

Last Update:

August – 9 September Operation Coronado IV was an MRF operation against VC in Long An, Gò Công and Kiến Hòa Provinces. The operation resulted in 59 VC killed...

Word Count : 15596

Operation Coronado X

Last Update:

Operation Coronado X was the tenth of the Operation Coronado series of riverine military operations conducted by the U.S. Mobile Riverine Force (MRF)...

Word Count : 3738

Operation Popeye

Last Update:

Operation Popeye (Project Controlled Weather Popeye / Motorpool / Intermediary-Compatriot) was a military cloud-seeding project carried out by the U.S...

Word Count : 794

Operation Babylift

Last Update:

Operation Babylift was the name given to the mass evacuation of children from South Vietnam to the United States and other western countries (including...

Word Count : 1754

Operation Bolo

Last Update:

Operation Bolo was a United States Air Force mission during the Vietnam War, considered to be a successful combat ruse. The mission was a response to...

Word Count : 4162

Operation Arc Light

Last Update:

During Operation Arc Light (sometimes Arclight) from 1965 to 1973, the United States Air Force deployed B-52 Stratofortresses from bases in the U.S. Territory...

Word Count : 956

Operation Tailwind

Last Update:

Operation Tailwind was a covert incursion by a small unit of United States Army and allied Montagnard forces into southeastern Laos during the Vietnam...

Word Count : 2304

Operation Freedom Deal

Last Update:

Operation Freedom Deal was a military campaign led by the United States Seventh Air Force, taking place in Cambodia between 19 May 1970 and 15 August...

Word Count : 3126

Operation Menu

Last Update:

Operation Menu was a covert United States Strategic Air Command (SAC) tactical bombing campaign conducted in eastern Cambodia from 18 March 1969 to 26...

Word Count : 5562

Operation Rolling Thunder

Last Update:

Operation Rolling Thunder was a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States (U.S.) 2nd Air Division (later Seventh...

Word Count : 10785

Battle of Khe Sanh

Last Update:

Vietnam (PAVN). The US command in Saigon initially believed that combat operations around KSCB during 1967 were part of a series of minor PAVN offensives...

Word Count : 13297

Operation Homecoming

Last Update:

Operation Homecoming was the return of 591 American prisoners of war (POWs) held by North Vietnam following the Paris Peace Accords that ended U.S. involvement...

Word Count : 2174

Cambodian campaign

Last Update:

property before they left.: 174 : 83–85  Subsequent operations conducted by IV Corps included Operation Cuu Long II (16–24 May), which continued actions...

Word Count : 11909

Operation Paul Revere IV

Last Update:

Operation Paul Revere IV was a United States Army operation of the Vietnam War that took place in the Plei Trap Valley, lasting from 20 October to 30...

Word Count : 863

Operation Austin IV

Last Update:

Operation Austin IV was a search and destroy operation conducted by the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade in western...

Word Count : 457

Operation Barrel Roll

Last Update:

Operation Barrel Roll was a covert U.S. Air Force 2nd Air Division and U.S. Navy Task Force 77, interdiction and close air support campaign conducted...

Word Count : 8669

Operation Hump

Last Update:

Operation Hump was a search and destroy operation initiated by United States and Australian forces on 5 November 1965, during the Vietnam War. The US-Australian...

Word Count : 2248

Operation Toan Thang IV

Last Update:

Operation Toan Thang IV ("Complete Victory") was a U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) operation conducted between 1 November 1969 and...

Word Count : 19714

Operation Masher

Last Update:

Operation Masher, also known as Operation White Wing, (24 January—6 March 1966) was the largest search and destroy mission that had been carried out in...

Word Count : 6177

Operation Frequent Wind

Last Update:

Operation Frequent Wind was the final phase in the evacuation of American civilians and "at-risk" Vietnamese from Saigon, South Vietnam, before the takeover...

Word Count : 9127

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net