| Operation Beaver Cage | |||||||
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| Part of theVietnam War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States |  Viet Cong | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| COL James A Gallo Jr. | |||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 55 killed | 181 killed 66 captured | ||||||
Operation Beaver Cage was a U.S. Marine Corps operation in theQue Son Valley that took place from 28 April through to 12 May 1967.
Operation Beaver Cage was an operation bySpecial Landing Force Alpha comprising1st Battalion, 3rd Marines andHMM-263 against theViet Cong (VC) base areas in the Que Son Valley south ofDanang.[1]: 158
The operation commenced with a helicopter assault into the valley at 07:00 on 28 April. Contact was minimal until the night of 2 May when a VC unit attacked Company C's night defensive position and was forced back by artillery andAC-47Spooky gunfire.[1]
On 5 May as the Battalion headquarters was being withdrawn by helicopters it was attacked by VC mortar and small arms fire, the assault was repulsed without loss.[1]: 158–9
On 9 May Beaver Cage was joined withOperation Union. On 10 May Companies B and C engaged a large VC unit killing 86 VC.[1]: 159
The operation concluded on 12 May, Marine losses were 55 dead and 151 wounded, while VC losses were 181 killed and 66 captured.[1]: 159
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