Operation Coronado XI

Operation Coronado XI
Part of Operation Coronado, Vietnam War

An Assault Support Patrol Boat (ASPB) is damaged by Viet Cong fire
Date12 February – 3 March 1968
Location
Cai Rang and Phung Hiep Districts near Can Tho, Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam
Result Allied operational success
Belligerents
 United States
 South Vietnam		 Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
BG William B. Fulton Unknown
Units involved
3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment
3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment		 303rd Battalion
307th Battalion
309th Battalion
Tay Do Battalion
Casualties and losses
Unknown US body count: 297 killed

Operation Coronado XI was the eleventh of the Operation Coronado series of riverine military operations conducted by the U.S. Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) and units of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), designed to secure Cần Thơ in the aftermath of the Tet Offensive. It ran from 12 February to 3 March 1968.[1]: 125 

  1. ^ Fulton, William B. (1985). Riverine Operations 1966–1969. United States Army Center of Military History. ISBN 978-1780392479.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.