Operation Dragon Fire (Vietnam)
| Operation Dragon Fire | |||||||
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| Part of the Vietnam War | |||||||
VMO-6 UH-1E gunship and two HMM-263 UH-34Ds support 2nd Marine Brigade forces, 18 October 1967 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| South Korea | Viet Cong | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| BG Kim Yun-sang | |||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| 2nd Marine Brigade | 48th Battalion | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 46 killed |
ROK body count: 412 killed 59 weapons recovered | ||||||
Operation Dragon Fire was an operation conducted by the South Korean 2nd Marine Brigade on the Batangan Peninsula, Quảng Ngãi Province, lasting from 5 September to 31 October 1967.: 282 The event and much of Korean Marines activities in the region was described as part of a wide-scale depopulation of the region.: 43