Operation Truong Cong Dinh

Operation Truong Cong Dinh
Part of Vietnam War
An Assault Air-Cushion Vehicle during the operation, 30 June 1968
Date 7 March – 7 August 1968 Location Around Mỹ Tho, South Vietnam (now Tiền Giang Province, Vietnam) Result Allied operational success
Belligerents
United States  South Vietnam	Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
MG Julian Ewell Nguyễn Viết Thanh
Units involved
1st and 2nd Brigades, 9th Infantry Division Mobile Riverine Force 7th Division
Casualties and losses
51 killed	US body count: 343 killed

Operation Truong Cong Dinh (also known as Operation People's Road), was a United States and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) security operation to reestablish South Vietnamese control over the northern Mekong Delta in the aftermath of the Tet Offensive. The operation aimed to root out Viet Cong (VC) forces in the area, and to stop them from attacking traffic on the nearby Highway 4.

The operation started on 7 March 1968 and lasted until August 1968, involving the 1st and 2nd brigades of the US 9th Infantry Division and the ARVN 7th Division backed by South Vietnamese Regional Forces. Operations were supported by an American artillery battalion, which established a fire support base on the north bank of the Mỹ Tho River and the Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) which conducted a series of riverine and airmobile operations.