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Operation Virginia Ridge
Part of Vietnam War
Date2 May – 16 July 1969
Location
Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam
16°51′N 106°50′E / 16.85°N 106.84°E / 16.85; 106.84
Result US claims operational success
Belligerents
Operation Virginia Ridge United States Operation Virginia Ridge North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
Col. Paul D. Lafond
Col. Wilbur F. Simlik
Unknown
Units involved
3rd Marine Regiment 27th Regiment
36th Regiment
33rd Sapper Battalion
Casualties and losses
106 killed 560 killed
17 captured
141 individual and 34 crew-served weapons recovered[1]

Operation Virginia Ridge was a US Marine Corps operation that took place in northwest Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam, from 2 May to 16 July 1969.

  1. ^ "Headquarters MACV Monthly Summary July 1969" (PDF). Headquarters United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. 28 October 1969. p. 33. Retrieved 23 February 2020.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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