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Operation Macon
Part of Vietnam War

A Marine on patrol during Operation Macon
Date4 July – 28 October 1966
Location
western Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam
15°47′06″N 108°04′23″E / 15.785°N 108.073°E / 15.785; 108.073
Result U.S. claims operational success
Belligerents
Operation Macon United States Operation Macon Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
Col. Drew J. Barrett
Maj. George H. Grimes

Units involved
3rd Battalion, 9th Marines
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines
3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines
R-20 Battalion
Casualties and losses
24 killed US body count: 380 killed

Operation Macon was a US Marine Corps search and destroy operation in western Quảng Nam Province, lasting from 4 July to 28 October 1966.

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