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Operation Scotland II
Part of the Vietnam War
Date15 April 1968 – 28 February 1969
Location
northwest Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam
16°34′44″N 106°45′11″E / 16.579°N 106.753°E / 16.579; 106.753
Result U.S. operational success
Belligerents
Operation Scotland II United States Vietnam North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
  • MG Rathvon M. Tompkins
  • MG Raymond G. Davis
  • BG Jacob E. Glick
  • BG Carl W. Hoffman
  • BG William C. Chip
  • BG Frank E. Garretson
  • Col. Stanley S. Hughes

Units involved
  • 1st Battalion, 1st Marines
  • 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines
  • 3d Marine Regiment
  • 4th Marine Regiment
  • 9th Marine Regiment
  • 26th Marine Regiment
308th Infantry Division
Casualties and losses
435 killed U.S. body count: 3,304 killed

Operation Scotland II was a U.S. Marine Corps security operation that took place in northwest Quảng Trị Province from 15 April 1968 to 28 February 1969.

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