Operation Coronado II

Operation Coronado II
	Part of Operation Coronado, Vietnam War
Date	27–31 July 1967
Location	Around Mỹ Tho, Mekong Delta, South Vietnam
Result	Allies claim operational success
Belligerents
United States; South Vietnam	Viet Cong
Commanders and leaders
MG George G. O'Connor	Unknown
Units involved
Mobile Riverine Force; 3rd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment; 3rd and 4th Battalions, 47th Infantry Regiment; 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment; 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment; 3rd Marine Battalion; 44th Ranger Battalion	263rd Battalion; 514th Battalion
Casualties and losses
9 killed	US body count: 73 killed; 68 captured

Operation Coronado II was the second of eleven in the Operation Coronado series conducted by the U.S. Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) in conjunction with various units of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) in late July 1967 in an attempt to shut down Viet Cong (VC) strongholds in the Mekong Delta.^: 120 Three battalions of American troops, along with two ARVN battalions, backed by helicopters and watercraft swept the area and waterways surrounding Mỹ Tho in search of VC forces. Two VC battalions were encountered and many captured, although both sides suffered numerous casualties. The Allied forces also cordoned off the area to search water traffic for VC supplies or suspects. The Americans credited the South Vietnamese 3rd Marine Battalion for the success of the operation.

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