Operation Marauder
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Operation Marauder was an operation conducted by the 173rd Airborne Brigade and the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) in the Plain of Reeds, Mekong Delta, lasting from 1 to 8 January 1966.[1]
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Operation Marauder | |||||||
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Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States Australia New Zealand | Viet Cong | ||||||
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Brig Ellis W. Williamson | |||||||
Units involved | |||||||
173rd Airborne Brigade 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment 161 Bty, Royal New Zealand Artillery |
267th Main Force Battalion 506th Battalion | ||||||
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3 killed | U.S. body count 114 killed |
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