Operation Marauder

Operation Marauder
Part of the Vietnam War
Date1–8 January 1966
Location
Plain of Reeds, Mekong Delta, South Vietnam
10°30′N 105°42′E / 10.5°N 105.7°E / 10.5; 105.7
Result Allied operational success
Belligerents
 United States
 Australia
 New Zealand		 Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
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
Casualties and losses
3 killed U.S. body count 114 killed

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.

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