- Operation Taylor Common
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Operation Taylor Common Part of the Vietnam War Date 6 December 1968 – 9 March 1969 Location An Hoa Basin, Quang Nam Province Belligerents 
United States
North VietnamCommanders and leaders BrigGen Ross T. Dwyer Unknown Strength Unknown Unknown Casualties and losses 151 killed,1,324 wounded (USMC account) 1,398 killed
unknown number wounded (USMC account)
29 POWOperation Taylor Common was a search and destroy operation conducted by Task Force Yankee, a task organized force of the 1st Marine Division, during the Vietnam War from 6 December 1968 to 9 March 1969. The objective was to clear the An Hoa Basin, neutralize the North Vietnamese Army's Base Area 112 and develop Fire Support Bases (FSBs) to interdict Communist infiltration routes leading from the Laotian border.[1][2]
Contents
Order of battle
Participating units were:
- Task Force Yankee
- 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines
- 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines
- 5th Marine Regiment
- Kilo Battery, 4th Battalion, 13th Marines
- HMM-165
- HMM-364
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Casualties
The US lost 151 Marines killed and 1,324 wounded. They reported 1,398 Vietnamese were killed and took 29 POW.[3][4] One Marine, Lance Corporal William R. Prom, was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during Taylor Common.
See also
- Navy Unit Commendation TF Yankee 1968–1969
References
- ^ US Marines in Vietnam: 1968 The Defining Year
- ^ Smith, Charles R. (1988). U.S. Marines in Vietnam: High Mobility and Standdown 1969. Washington D.C.: U.S. Marine Corps. pp. 420. ISBN 77-604776. PCN 19000310300. http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/PDF_Files/Pubs/Vietnam/U.S.%20Marines%20in%20Vietnam%20High%20Mobility%20and%20Standown%201969%20%20PCN%2019000310300.pdf., Pages 80–102.
- ^ Operation Taylor Common Information
- ^ Operation TAYLOR COMMON
External links
Categories:- 1968 in Vietnam
- 1969 in Vietnam
- Battles and operations of the Vietnam War
- Battles involving the United States
- Battles involving Vietnam
- United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War
- Military operations involving Vietnam
- Military operations involving the United States
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