Operation Taylor Common
| Operation Taylor Common | |||||||
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| Part of the Vietnam War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States South Vietnam
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 North Vietnam
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| BrigGen Ross T. Dwyer BrigGen Samuel Jaskilka COL Michael M. Sparks † |
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| Strength | |||||||
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: Task Force Yankee comprising: 1st Battalion 3rd Marines 3rd Battalion 3rd Marines 5th Marine Regiment 2nd Battalion 7th Marines Kilo Battery, 4th Battalion, 13th Marines 3rd Battalion 26th Marines : 1st Ranger Group
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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183 killed 1,487 wounded 100 killed378 wounded |
1,398 killed 29 POW |
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Operation Taylor Common was a search and destroy operation conducted by Task Force Yankee, a task force of the 1st Marine Division supported by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), southwest of Hội An from 6 December 1968 to 8 March 1969.
Base Area 112 was a Viet Cong and People's Army of Vietnam base area located in the mountains of Quảng Nam Province southwest of Da Nang near the area known to the Marines as the "Arizona Territory" The base was believed to support the PAVN 21st Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 68B Rocket Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 141st Regiment and command and support units.
The operational plan was for "Task Force Yankee", an ad hoc unit based around the 5th Marine Regiment, to secure the An Hoa Basin together with the ARVN 1st Ranger Group, the Task Force would then construct a series of fire support bases to support operations west into the Base Area and finally destroy the Base Area.
The operation commenced on 7 December with the 2nd Battalion 7th Marines being landed by helicopters from HMM-165 and HMM-364 into the Arizona Territory to act as a blocking force for the ARVN Rangers. The 2nd Battalion 5th Marines and 3rd Battalion 5th Marines which had just completed Operation Meade River had already moved southwest from the Liberty Bridge (15°50′28″N 108°07′16″E / 15.841°N 108.121°E) into the An Hoa area.
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