Operation Mameluke Thrust

Operation Mameluke Thrust
	Part of Vietnam War
	; Seventh Marine Regiment sniper team during Operation Mameluke Thrust
Date	19 May – 23 October 1968
Location	Happy Valley, Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam15°51′N 108°12′E / 15.85°N 108.2°E
Result	US operational success
Belligerents
United States	North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
MG Donn J. Robertson; MG Carl A. Youngdale	;
Units involved
1st Marine Division 7th Marine Regiment; 3rd Battalion 5th Marines; 5th Marine Division 26th Marine Regiment; 9th Cavalry Regiment A Troop, 1st Squadron;	308th Division 36th Regiment;
Casualties and losses
269 killed	US body count: 2728 killed; 47 captured

Operation Mameluke Thrust was a US Marine Corps operation that took place in Happy Valley southwest of Danang, lasting from 19 May to 23 October 1968.