Operation Coronado IV

Operation Coronado IV
Part of Operation Coronado, Vietnam War
Date19 August – 9 September 1967
Location
Result U.S. claims operational success
Belligerents
 United States Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
MG George G. O'Connor Unknown
Units involved
United States 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 Coronado series of riverine military operations conducted by the U.S. Mobile Riverine Force (MRF), designed to shut down Viet Cong (VC) strongholds in the Mekong Delta.[1]: 50  It ran from 19 August to 9 September 1967. It took place in Long An, Gò Công and Kiến Hòa Provinces (now Long An, Tien Giang and Bến Tre Provinces).[1]: 125 

  1. ^ a b Fulton, William B. (1985). Riverine Operations 1966–1969. United States Army Center of Military History. ISBN 978-1780392479.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.