Operation Truong Cong Dinh

Operation Truong Cong Dinh
Part of Vietnam War

An Assault Air-Cushion Vehicle during the operation, 30 June 1968
Date7 March – 7 August 1968
Location
Result Allied operational success
Belligerents
 United States
 South Vietnam
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
United States MG Julian Ewell
South Vietnam Nguyễn Viết Thanh

Units involved
United States 1st and 2nd Brigades, 9th Infantry Division
Mobile Riverine Force
South Vietnam 7th Division

Casualties and losses
United States 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.