Operation Prairie

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military operation search-and-destroy operation

Operation Prairie was a major 1966 U.S. Marine Corps search-and-destroy campaign during the Vietnam War aimed at engaging North Vietnamese forces near the Demilitarized Zone.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Operation Prairie canonical	2
Operation Prairie II	1
Operation Prairie III	1
Operation Prairie IV	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military operation ⓘ search-and-destroy operation ⓘ
casualties	approximately 226 U.S. Marines killed ⓘ more than 1,000 U.S. Marines wounded ⓘ over 1,300 North Vietnamese soldiers killed ⓘ
commandedBy	III Marine Expeditionary Force ⓘ surface form: III Marine Amphibious Force
conflict	Vietnam War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	1966-10-27 ⓘ
followedBy	Operation Prairie self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Operation Prairie II Operation Prairie self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Operation Prairie III Operation Prairie self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Operation Prairie IV
involvedUnit	3rd Marine Division ⓘ 3rd Marine Regiment ⓘ 4th Marine Regiment ⓘ
location	Quang Tri Province ⓘ South Vietnam ⓘ area south of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone ⓘ
notableEngagement	battles around Con Thien ⓘ battles around Gio Linh ⓘ
objective	to locate and destroy North Vietnamese Army units near the Demilitarized Zone ⓘ to prevent North Vietnamese infiltration across the Demilitarized Zone into South Vietnam ⓘ
opponent	Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
participant	People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ surface form: North Vietnamese Army United States Marine Corps ⓘ
partOf	U.S. military operations near the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone ⓘ
precededBy	Operation Hastings ⓘ
result	heavy casualties inflicted on North Vietnamese Army forces ⓘ tactical U.S. and South Vietnamese victory ⓘ
startDate	1966-08-03 ⓘ
strategicSignificance	demonstrated intensity of North Vietnamese efforts to infiltrate across the Demilitarized Zone ⓘ helped shape subsequent U.S. defensive posture along the Demilitarized Zone ⓘ
tactic	air-mobile operations ⓘ artillery-supported infantry assaults ⓘ search-and-destroy missions ⓘ
theater	I Corps Tactical Zone, South Vietnam ⓘ surface form: I Corps Tactical Zone
timePeriod	1966 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

2nd Battalion, 4th Marines (attached at times) → conflict → Operation Prairie ⓘ

subject surface form: 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines

Operation Prairie → followedBy → Operation Prairie self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Prairie II

Operation Prairie → followedBy → Operation Prairie self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Prairie III

Operation Prairie → followedBy → Operation Prairie self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Prairie IV

Operation Hastings → followedBy → Operation Prairie ⓘ