Attack on Con Thien information
for 9 MARINES
For date 670508
9 MARINES was a US Marine Corps unit
Primary service involved, US Marine Corps
Operation PRAIRIE IV
Quang Tri Province, I Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Con Thien
Description: The official USMC history states that during Prairie IV and on the 13th anniversary of the fall of Dien Bien Phu, the NVA tried to overrun the strategic terrain feature Con Thien.
The source for this information was USMC 1967 History P:21
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Date posted on this site:
05/13/2023