Part of the Vietnam War (1965)
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| Operation Piranha | |||||||
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| Part of the Vietnam War | |||||||
 Map of Operation Piranha | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 South Vietnam United States |
 Viet Cong | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Col. Oscar F. Peatross | |||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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South Vietnam: 2nd Battalion, 4th Regiment 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion United States:1st Battalion, 7th Marines 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines | 1st Regiment | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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5 killed 2 killed |
US/ARVN body count: 178 killed 360 prisoners and suspects captured | ||||||
Operation Piranha was a US Marine Corps operation during the Vietnam War that took place on the Batangan Peninsula from 7 to 10 September 1965.