Operation Medina

Operation Medina
Part of Vietnam War
Date11–20 October 1967
Location
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
United States Vietnam North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
Herbert E. Ing Jr. Unknown
Units involved
1st Battalion, 1st Marines
2nd Battalion, 1st Marines
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines
5th Regiment
6th Regiment
Casualties and losses
34 killed US body count: 53 killed
3 captured
26 weapons recovered

Operation Medina was a search and destroy operation conducted from 11 to 20 October 1967 in the Hải Lăng Forest Reserve south of Quảng Trị, South Vietnam.