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Operation Prairie II

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rounds hit both tanks but they remained in operation and by 09:00 Company L had repulsed three assaults. Company F, 2/3 Marines was sent from Camp Carroll to reinforce Company L and joined up with them at 10:30. Company L had lost four Marines killed and 34 wounded in the morning's attacks. Company G
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was given responsibility for the area and he controlled 3 infantry battalions, 2 reconnaissance companies and artillery and other supporting units. Only 1 infantry battalion was available at any time for mobile operations with the other two battalions occupied with defending the large Marines bases
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tanks north of Cam Lộ was sent to support the patrol, but were delayed by thick jungle and then were engaged by PAVN as they crossed a stream, following that engagement one of the tanks lost a track and Company L formed a defensive perimeter. Company G,
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On 3 March aerial reconnaissance spotted three large groups of PAVN moving towards the DMZ carrying bodies. Air and artillery strikes were called in and 1/9 Marines searched the area after the bombardment claiming to have found more than 200 PAVN dead.
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which marched to the 2/3 Marines perimeter, arriving at 03:40 on 1 March. At midday Company G 2/3 Marines and Company M, 3/4 Marines arrived at the 2/3 Marines position and they swept the surrounding area, but the PAVN had withdrawn. Later that day
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Operation Prairie II concluded on 18 March, the Marines had lost 93 killed, 483 wounded and claiming 694 PAVN killed and 20 captured. 137 individual weapons were recovered during the campaign. The operation proceeded to
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Lt Col. Earl DeLong was given command of 2/3 Marines to replace the wounded Ohanesian, but was unable to land at the perimeter due to the intense fire and returned to Cam Lộ where he took command of Company F,
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for his actions during this ambush. The PAVN then attacked the Marine perimeter but were repulsed by tank fire, however the PAVN kept up a steady bombardment of the position which prevented
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At 06:30 on 28 February the PAVN hit Company L, 3/4 Marines night defensive position with over 150 82mm mortar rounds followed by a ground assault hitting three sides of the perimeter.
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The first few weeks of the operation saw little PAVN activity, however PAVN infiltration across the DMZ increased during the
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attempted to ambush two PAVN soldiers, however the soldiers were the lead elements of a company from the 812th Regiment,
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The Marines saw little action for the rest of the operation, sweeps uncovered more PAVN. In mid-March an
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moved northwest from Cam Lộ in an attempt to squeeze any PAVN between them and the 1/9 Marines.
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to assist the reconnaissance Marines and they were finally able to link up with them at 23:40.
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On the morning of 27 February a Marine reconnaissance patrol operation 5 km northwest of
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On 7 March the PAVN hit Camp Carroll with over 400 mortar rounds causing little damage.
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and the reconnaissance patrol were then ordered into blocking positions on Hill 124 (
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which quickly surrounded the Marines who then called for support. Company L,
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ceasefire from 8 to 12 February. On 25 February Marine artillery carried out
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Operation Prairie II was essentially a continuation of the just-concluded
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unit engaged a PAVN unit southeast of Con Thien, killing over 250 PAVN.
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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A PAVN soldier surrenders to Company A, 1/9 Marines, 3 March 1967
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was landed at Hill 162 and began sweeping north, while the
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1487: 1484: 1482: 1479: 1477: 1474: 1472: 1469: 1467: 1464: 1462: 1459: 1458: 1457: 1456: 1455:Tet Offensive 1452: 1450: 1449: 1445: 1441: 1438: 1436: 1433: 1432: 1431: 1430: 1426: 1424: 1423: 1419: 1417: 1414: 1413: 1412: 1411: 1410: 1403: 1402: 1398: 1396: 1395: 1391: 1389: 1388: 1384: 1382: 1381: 1377: 1375: 1374: 1370: 1368: 1367: 1363: 1361: 1360: 1359: 1354: 1352: 1351: 1347: 1345: 1344: 1340: 1338: 1337: 1333: 1331: 1330: 1326: 1324: 1323: 1319: 1317: 1316: 1312: 1310: 1309: 1305: 1303: 1302: 1298: 1294: 1293: 1289: 1288: 1287: 1286: 1282: 1278: 1275: 1273: 1270: 1269: 1268: 1267: 1266:Shenandoah II 1263: 1261: 1260: 1256: 1254: 1253: 1249: 1247: 1246: 1242: 1240: 1239: 1235: 1233: 1232: 1231: 1226: 1224: 1223: 1219: 1217: 1216: 1212: 1210: 1209: 1205: 1203: 1202: 1198: 1196: 1195:Suoi Chau Pha 1193: 1191: 1190: 1186: 1184: 1183: 1179: 1177: 1176: 1172: 1170: 1169: 1165: 1163: 1162: 1161:Hong Kil Dong 1158: 1156: 1153: 1151: 1150: 1146: 1144: 1143: 1139: 1137: 1136: 1132: 1130: 1129: 1125: 1123: 1122: 1118: 1116: 1115: 1114:Barking Sands 1111: 1109: 1108: 1104: 1102: 1101: 1097: 1095: 1094: 1090: 1086: 1085: 1081: 1079: 1078: 1074: 1072: 1071: 1067: 1065: 1064: 1060: 1058: 1057: 1053: 1051: 1050: 1046: 1044: 1043: 1039: 1038: 1037: 1036: 1032: 1028: 1026: 1025: 1021: 1019: 1016: 1014: 1013: 1009: 1007: 1006: 1002: 1000: 999: 995: 993: 992: 988: 986: 985: 981: 978: 975: 973: 970: 968: 965: 963: 962:2nd Prek Klok 960: 958: 957:1st Prek Klok 954: 953: 952: 951:Junction City 947: 945: 944: 940: 938: 937:Tra Binh Dong 935: 933: 932: 928: 926: 925: 921: 919: 918: 914: 912: 911: 907: 905: 904: 900: 898: 897: 896: 891: 889: 888: 884: 883: 882: 881: 875: 874:Firebase Bird 872: 870: 869: 865: 863: 860: 858: 857: 853: 851: 850: 846: 844: 843: 839: 837: 836: 832: 830: 829: 825: 823: 822: 818: 816: 815: 814: 809: 807: 806: 802: 800: 799: 795: 793: 792: 788: 786: 785: 781: 779: 778: 773: 771: 768: 766: 763: 761: 760: 756: 754: 753: 749: 747: 746: 742: 740: 737: 735: 734: 730: 728: 727: 723: 721: 720: 716: 714: 713: 709: 707: 704: 702: 701: 697: 695: 694: 690: 688: 687: 683: 681: 680: 676: 674: 673: 669: 667: 666: 662: 660: 659: 655: 653: 652: 648: 646: 645: 644:Davy Crockett 641: 639: 638: 634: 632: 631: 627: 625: 622: 620: 619: 615: 613: 612: 608: 606: 605: 601: 599: 598: 594: 592: 591: 587: 585: 584: 580: 578: 575: 573: 572: 568: 566: 565: 561: 559: 558: 554: 552: 551: 547: 545: 544: 540: 538: 535: 533: 532: 528: 524: 523: 519: 518: 517: 516: 515: 510: 508: 507: 503: 501: 500: 496: 494: 493: 489: 488: 487: 486: 480: 479: 475: 473: 472: 471:Bushmaster II 468: 466: 465: 461: 459: 456: 452: 449: 448: 447: 446: 442: 440: 437: 435: 432: 430: 429: 425: 423: 422: 418: 417: 416: 415: 412: 411: 404: 401: 399: 396: 394: 391: 389: 386: 384: 381: 379: 376: 374: 373:Camp Holloway 371: 369: 368: 364: 362: 359: 357: 354: 352: 351: 346: 344: 343: 339: 337: 334: 332: 329: 327: 326: 322: 320: 317: 315: 312: 310: 309: 305: 303: 302: 298: 296: 295: 291: 289: 286: 284: 283: 279: 277: 274: 272: 271: 267: 265: 264: 260: 259: 258: 257: 251: 246: 242: 232: 227: 225: 220: 218: 213: 212: 209: 196: 192: 187: 186: 181: 178: 177:324B Division 175: 173: 169: 165: 161: 157: 154: 153: 148: 144: 142: 140: 133: 128: 124: 123: 118: 115: 114:North Vietnam 110: 105: 103: 102:United States 92: 91: 86: 78: 75: 74: 70: 66: 63: 62: 58: 55: 54: 50: 46: 40: 35: 32: 27: 22: 3258: 3219: 3160: 3147: 3132: 3129: 3125: 3108: 3026: 3022:Camp Carroll 2998: 2985: 2979: 2946: 2920: 2919: 2848: 2847: 2831: 2824: 2818:Pocket Money 2817: 2804: 2792: 2785: 2773: 2768:Double Eagle 2766: 2759: 2747: 2734: 2728: 2720: 2719: 2712: 2705: 2698: 2691: 2679: 2672: 2670: 2665:Enhance Plus 2663: 2657:Linebacker I 2656: 2654: 2647: 2642:Freedom Deal 2640: 2633: 2626: 2619: 2612: 2605: 2598: 2586: 2579: 2567: 2560: 2553: 2546: 2539: 2532: 2530: 2523: 2518:Flaming Dart 2516: 2511:Pony Express 2509: 2502: 2497:Pierce Arrow 2495: 2488: 2481: 2474: 2466: 2465: 2453: 2446: 2440: 2428: 2422:Ban Me Thuot 2421: 2412: 2411: 2357:Tong Le Chon 2331: 2330: 2312: 2274: 2268: 2267: 2255: 2243: 2237:FSB Mary Ann 2229: 2222: 2215: 2213: 2199: 2192: 2188:Son Tay Raid 2180: 2173: 2166: 2159: 2149:Chicago Peak 2147: 2140: 2133: 2126: 2119: 2112: 2105: 2091: 2084: 2077: 2070: 2068: 2056: 2049: 2044:Idaho Canyon 2042: 2035: 2028: 2021: 2009: 2002: 1994: 1986: 1979: 1972: 1965: 1958: 1951: 1944: 1937: 1930: 1918: 1911: 1904: 1897: 1885: 1883: 1878:Dewey Canyon 1876: 1871:Bold Mariner 1869: 1856: 1855: 1848: 1842: 1834: 1832: 1820: 1813: 1806: 1799: 1787: 1780: 1766: 1759: 1752: 1745: 1738: 1726: 1719: 1717: 1710: 1705:Nevada Eagle 1703: 1696: 1677: 1673:South Saigon 1645: 1638: 1631: 1624: 1617: 1611:Toan Thang I 1610: 1608: 1601: 1594: 1587: 1580: 1568: 1564:Lima Site 85 1556: 1544: 1537: 1530: 1523: 1509: 1507: 1491: 1453: 1446: 1427: 1420: 1407: 1406: 1400: 1394:Badger Tooth 1392: 1386: 1378: 1371: 1364: 1356: 1355: 1348: 1341: 1334: 1327: 1320: 1313: 1306: 1299: 1291: 1283: 1277:1st Loc Ninh 1264: 1257: 1250: 1243: 1236: 1229: 1227: 1220: 1213: 1206: 1199: 1187: 1180: 1173: 1168:Diamond Head 1166: 1159: 1147: 1140: 1133: 1126: 1119: 1112: 1105: 1098: 1091: 1082: 1075: 1068: 1061: 1054: 1048: 1047: 1040: 1029: 1022: 1010: 1003: 996: 989: 982: 977:2nd Bàu Bàng 950: 948: 941: 929: 922: 915: 908: 901: 894: 892: 885: 879: 878: 866: 854: 847: 840: 833: 828:Deckhouse IV 826: 819: 812: 810: 803: 798:Sunset Beach 796: 789: 782: 776: 757: 750: 743: 731: 724: 717: 710: 698: 692: 684: 677: 670: 663: 656: 649: 642: 635: 628: 616: 609: 602: 595: 588: 581: 569: 562: 555: 548: 541: 529: 522:Double Eagle 520: 513: 511: 504: 497: 490: 484: 483: 478:Harvest Moon 476: 470: 463: 458:1st Bau Bang 443: 426: 419: 413: 408: 407: 365: 349: 341: 324: 306: 300: 293: 281: 268: 261: 254: 197:: 694 killed 138: 127:Wood B. Kyle 88:Belligerents 29:Part of the 3085: / 3073:106°56′35″E 3054: / 3042:106°56′56″E 2775:Stable Door 2761:Game Warden 2755:Vung Ro Bay 2749:Market Time 2621:Giant Lance 2607:Igloo White 2562:Tiger Hound 2541:Steel Tiger 2504:Barrel Roll 2429:Hue–Da Nang 2414:Spring 1975 2362:Trung Nghia 2336:(1973–1974) 2313:Thunderhead 2224:Finney Hill 2216:Lam Son 719 2099:FSB Ripcord 2086:Green River 2004:Lamar Plain 1988:Apache Snow 1953:Geneva Park 1939:Atlas Wedge 1822:Meade River 1754:Quyet Chien 1658:West Saigon 1640:Allen Brook 1626:Scotland II 1570:Quyet Thang 1532:Coronado XI 1380:Yellowstone 1315:Coronado IX 1222:Dragon Fire 1208:Coronado IV 1182:Coronado II 1056:Prairie III 1024:Beaver Cage 917:Sam Houston 895:Cedar Falls 887:Deckhouse V 712:Nathan Hale 665:Crazy Horse 658:Paul Revere 571:Silver City 557:Cocoa Beach 245:Vietnam War 243:during the 199:20 captured 45:1/9 Marines 43:Company A, 31:Vietnam War 3283:Categories 3157:References 3070:16°50′46″N 3039:16°50′02″N 2943:Background 2787:Sea Dragon 2707:Eagle Pull 2681:Homecoming 2569:Shed Light 2490:Ranch Hand 2407:Phước Long 2397:Thượng Đức 2382:Svay Rieng 2367:Ap Da Bien 2251:Long Khánh 2128:Elk Canyon 2093:Texas Star 1932:Maine Crag 1913:Wayne Grey 1795:Thượng Đức 1466:US Embassy 1448:Coronado X 1366:Manchester 1238:Coronado V 1189:Hood River 1155:The Slopes 1084:Kingfisher 1063:Prairie IV 1049:Prairie II 931:Enterprise 835:Shenandoah 693:Lam Son II 637:Birmingham 195:body count 3144:Aftermath 2990:Con Thien 2968:Operation 2832:End Sweep 2575:Thanh Hoa 2548:Arc Light 2525:Iron Hand 2476:Farm Gate 2435:Phan Rang 2372:Quang Duc 2257:Chenla II 2030:Utah Mesa 1801:Maui Peak 1525:Hop Tac I 1498:Quảng Trị 1387:Muscatine 1308:Lancaster 1285:MacArthur 1272:Ong Thanh 1149:Concordia 1107:Kole Kole 1031:Con Thien 1012:Manhattan 821:Attleboro 700:Hawthorne 679:Hardihood 651:Austin IV 624:Xa Cam My 506:Van Buren 403:Dong Xoai 336:Kien Long 331:Long Dinh 276:Đồng Khởi 190:1 missing 188:93 killed 3138:Airborne 2843:East Sea 2812:Đồng Hới 2806:Sealords 2739:stations 2700:New Life 2693:Babylift 2594:Yen Vien 2441:Xuân Lộc 2377:Tri Phap 2352:Hồng Ngự 2347:Cửa Việt 2292:Loc Ninh 2182:Tailwind 2161:Chenla I 1828:Hat Dich 1789:Vinh Loc 1685:Kham Duc 1633:Delaware 1589:Carentan 1517:Lo Giang 1440:Lang Vei 1429:Khe Sanh 1373:Saratoga 1350:Napoleon 1329:Santa Fe 1175:Coronado 1142:Billings 1121:Union II 1093:Crockett 1077:Kentucky 972:Suoi Tre 924:Pershing 856:Geronimo 784:Amarillo 770:Long Tan 759:Colorado 733:Hastings 706:Hill 488 611:Jackstay 604:Fillmore 550:Harrison 543:New York 492:Marauder 464:Ia Drang 451:Gang Toi 421:Starlite 383:Qui Nhơn 367:Binh Gia 356:Nam Dong 319:Hiep Hoa 270:Biên Hòa 64:Location 3104:MEDEVAC 2962:Route 9 2902:1973–74 2600:Niagara 2483:Chopper 2402:Phú Lộc 2392:Duc Duc 2064:LZ Kate 2017:Binh Ba 1926:Ben Het 1893:2nd Tet 1774:Duc Lap 1734:Binh An 1596:Pegasus 1546:Patrick 1539:Houston 1503:Bến Tre 1461:Da Nang 1358:Phoenix 1301:Osceola 1252:Bolling 1128:Dragnet 1070:Buffalo 1042:Hickory 991:Lejeune 910:Gadsden 868:Fairfax 842:Atlanta 752:Prairie 686:Wahiawa 672:El Paso 630:Georgia 597:Lincoln 531:Mastiff 439:Plei Me 434:An Ninh 428:Piranha 393:Sông Bé 314:Go Cong 294:Sunrise 282:Chopper 139:† 3265:  3227:  2960:along 2733:& 2730:Yankee 2588:Popeye 2307:Kontum 2297:An Lộc 2263:Nui Le 1668:An Bao 1653:Dai Do 1582:Walker 1552:Tam Kỳ 1510:Coburg 1422:McLain 1401:Auburn 1322:Neosho 1292:Dak To 1259:Medina 1201:Benton 943:Bribie 903:Desoto 805:Seward 765:Duc Co 583:Oregon 398:Ba Gia 388:Ka Nak 361:An Lao 308:Ấp Bắc 301:Shufly 99:  76:Result 3029:RPG-2 2781:PIRAZ 2736:Dixie 2635:Patio 2332:Post- 2207:Snuol 1728:Robin 1336:Essex 1245:Kunia 1215:Swift 1135:Akron 1005:Baker 998:Union 967:Ap Gu 726:Macon 590:Texas 577:A Sau 499:Crimp 348:USNS 3263:ISBN 3225:ISBN 2992:and 2907:1975 2897:1972 2892:1971 2887:1970 2882:1969 2877:1968 2872:1967 2867:1966 2862:1965 2857:1964 2628:Menu 2581:Bolo 2269:1972 1740:Thor 880:1967 791:Byrd 564:Utah 485:1966 445:Hump 414:1965 350:Card 263:Laos 56:Date 3013:M48 2982:Tết 1492:Hue 1035:DMZ 775:SS 719:Jay 325:34A 193:US 130:BG 125:MG 3285:: 3249:^ 3195:^ 3181:^ 3174:. 3153:. 2996:. 2964:. 2927:, 3271:. 3244:. 3233:. 1033:/ 979:) 955:( 230:e 223:t 216:v

Index

Vietnam War

1/9 Marines
Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone
United States
North Vietnam
North Vietnam
Wood B. Kyle
Michael P. Ryan

2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines
3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines
3rd Battalion, 4th Marines
1st Battalion, 9th Marines
2nd Battalion, 9th Marines
324B Division
body count
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Military engagements
Vietnam War
Guerrilla phase
Laos
Biên Hòa
Đồng Khởi
Chopper
Palace Bombing
Sunrise
Shufly

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