Operation Hickory

Operation Hickory
Part of the Vietnam War

Map of Operations Hickory, Belt Tight, Beau Charger and Lam Son 54
Date18 – 28 May 1967
Location
Result inconclusive
Belligerents
 United States
 South Vietnam
North Vietnam North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
Robert E. Cushman Jr. Unknown
Units involved
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines
3rd Battalion, 4th Marines
1st Battalion, 9th Marines
2nd Battalion, 9th Marines
3rd Battalion, 9th Marines
1st Battalion, 12th Marines
2nd Battalion, 26th Marines
324B Division
Casualties and losses
United States 142 killed
South Vietnam 22 killed
US body count 304 killed
30 captured

Operation Hickory was a search and destroy operation conducted by the 3rd Marine Division in the area around Con Thien, Quảng Trị Province known as Leatherneck Square from 18 to 28 May 1967. Operation Hickory was the first authorized incursion into the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).