Operation Coronado IV
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Operation Coronado IV | |||||||
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Part of Operation Coronado, Vietnam War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | Viet Cong | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
MG George G. O'Connor | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
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
On 20 August the MRF assault craft left the
At 14:00 the movement of the 3/47th Infantry forced a VC platoon to retreat from a lightly fortified area. The gunships were then ordered by the battalion commander to open fire on VC attempting to evade contact with the ground troops, and the 3/47th Infantry, was brought in by helicopter to attack the VC, encountering mostly sniper fire and collateral damage from US helicopter fire. The Americans found 34 VC dead and documents that identified them as part of the 506th Local Force Battalion.[1]: 127
The Americans believed they had succeeded because of the surprise achieved by the ground troops in disembarking from the boats landing from the river, forcing the VC into open terrain where helicopters could attack them. During the phase of the operation at Ben Luc, which ended on 22 August, the MRF suffered six wounded and the VC 59 dead.[1]: 127
For the remainder of August and the first week of September, the MRF operated in
: 127See also
- Operation Coronado
- Operation Coronado II
- Operation Coronado V
- Operation Coronado IX
- Operation Coronado XI
References
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