Operation Pickens Forest

Operation Pickens Forest
Part of the Vietnam War

Company B, 1/7 Marines patrolling during Operation Pickens Forest
Date16 July – 24 August 1970
Location
Result U.S. claims operational success
Belligerents
 United States North Vietnam North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
Col. Edmund G. Derning
Units involved
1st Battalion, 5th Marines
7th Marine Regiment
3rd Battalion, 11th Marines
38th Regiment
Casualties and losses
4 killed US body count: 99 killed

Operation Pickens Forest was a U.S. Marine Corps operation in Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam that took place from 16 July to 24 August 1970.