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1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines clear and search operation: Đa Krông Valley, Quảng Trị Province: Oct 25 – Nov 2: Operation Harvest [1] [5] 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment reconnaissance in force and interdiction operation: Phước Tuy Province: Oct 25 – Nov 2: Operation ...
Date Duration Operation Name Unit(s) – Description Location VC–PAVN KIAs Allied KIAs 67: Operation Auburn I [1]: 7th Marines security operation in the "rocket belt": around Da Nang, Quảng Nam Province
On the morning of 2 July, Alpha and Bravo Companies, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines made their way up north on Highway 561 and secured a crossroad as their first objective. As they went further north between Gia Binh and An Kha, near a place called "The Market Place" (), they made contact with the elements of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 90th Regiment when sniper fire began to break
Nov 8 – 14: Operation Arcadia [1] 1st Battalion 1st Marines and 3rd Battalion 1st Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam Province: Nov 9 – 27: Operation Dragon Eye [2] ROK 2nd Marine Brigade search and destroy operation: Quảng Ngãi Province: 154: 38 ROK, 4 US Nov 16 – Jan 12 67: Operation Dan Tam 81 [1]
The operation resulted in 77 PAVN killed and 9 captured and 12 Marines killed. [101]: 82 1 November – 28 February 1969 9th Marines supported by an M48 engage PAVN during Operation Kentucky. Operation Kentucky was a 3rd Marine Division operation to secure the Con Thien area against PAVN attacks. The operation resulted in 3,839 PAVN killed and ...
Company B, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division: Iwo Jima: 3 March 1945 [10] Walter K. Singleton: Sergeant: Company A, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division: Republic of Vietnam: 24 March 1967 [11] Frank P. Witek: Private First Class: 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division: Guam: 3 August 1944 [12]
21 January - 23 November. Operation Lancaster II a security operation to keep Route 9 open to Ca Lu Combat Base in northern Quảng Trị Province commences. By the end of the operation the Marines had lost 359 killed; PAVN fatalities were estimated to be in excess of 1,800. [13]: 119 23 January. North Korean forces seize the USS Pueblo. [19]: 152
The 9th Marines were part of the first redeployments from Vietnam in the summer of 1969. In July 1969 the regiment deployed to Camp Schwab, Okinawa and was reassigned in August 1969 to the 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade. The 9th MAB was then reassigned during November 1969 to the 3rd Marine Division (3 MarDiv).