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Operation Pipestone Canyon
Part of Vietnam War

HMM-263 CH-46s deploy Marines in Dodge City
Date26 May – 7 November 1969
Location
Go Noi Island, Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam
15°51′N 108°12′E / 15.85°N 108.2°E / 15.85; 108.2
Result Allied operational success
PAVN/VC forces driven from Go Noi Island and "Dodge City"
Belligerents
Operation Pipestone Canyon United States
Operation Pipestone Canyon South Vietnam
Operation Pipestone Canyon South Korea
Operation Pipestone Canyon Viet Cong
Operation Pipestone Canyon North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
United States MG Ormond R. Simpson
Col. Charles S. Robertson
Col. Herbert L. Wilkerson
Vương Thừa Vũ
Units involved
United States 1st Battalion, 1st Marines
2nd Battalion, 1st Marines
3rd Battalion, 5th Marines
1st Battalion, 26th Marines
South Vietnam 1st Battalion, 51st Regiment
2nd Battalion, 51st Regiment
37th Ranger Battalion
South Korea 2nd Marine Brigade
36th Regiment
Casualties and losses
United States 71 killed US body count: 852 killed
58 captured

Operation Pipestone Canyon was a US Marine Corps, Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) operation that took place on Go Noi Island, Quảng Nam Province, lasting from 26 May to 7 November 1969.

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