Operation Buffalo (1967)

Operation Buffalo
	Part of Vietnam War
	; Company K, 3/9 Marines with 3rd Tank Battalion M48 tanks
Date	2–14 July 1967
Location	Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam
Result	US declares victory; Launch of Operation Kingfisher
Belligerents
United States	North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
Col. George E. Jerue	;
Units involved
1st Battalion, 9th Marines; 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines; 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines; 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines	90th Regiment, 324B Division
Strength
~3,000	~1,500
Casualties and losses
159 killed; 1 missing	US body count: 1,290 killed; 513 probably killed; 1 captured; 100 weapons recovered

Operation Buffalo (2–14 July 1967) was an operation of the Vietnam War that took place in the southern half of the Demilitarized Zone, around Con Thien.

^ ^a ^b "Operation Buffalo" (PDF). U.S. Operations Report. Retrieved 28 November 2014. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[vir-1] "Operation Buffalo" (PDF). U.S. Operations Report. Retrieved 28 November 2014. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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