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battle, notable, Cold War

Operation Junction City

Operation Junction City was a battle fought in 1967 in what is now Vietnam. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of Q120355808. The recorded result: Inconclusive. Recorded strength: 30,000 against ~15,000.

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Fought1967
WhereVietnam11.313N, 106.096E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeInconclusive
Part ofQ120355808

Where it sits in Q120355808

Operation Masher, 1966Operation Hastings, 1966Operation Junction City, 1967Battle of Prek Klok I, 1967Battle of Prek Klok II, 1967Battle of Ap Bau Bang II, 1967Battle of Suoi Tre, 196719661967Operation Junction City, 1967
7 placed engagements of Q120355808 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1967 (year precision)
to 1967
PlaceVietnam
11.313N, 106.096E
KindBattle, Cold War
Strength30,000; ~15,000
Casualties and lossesUS report: 282 killed; 1,576 wounded; 24 tanks and armored vehicles destroyed; 12 trucks destroyed; 4 helicopters destroyed; 5 howitzers destroyed; PAVN claim: 13,500 killed or wounded; 800 armored vehicles and trucks destroyed or damaged; 119 howitzers and mortars destroyed or damaged; US claim: 2,728 killed; 34 captured; 139 deserters; 491 individual and 100 crew-served weapons recovered; PAVN report: 255 killed out of 1,275 total casualties
Commanders
  • Jonathan Seaman
  • Bruce Palmer Jr.
Operation Junction CityOperation Junction CityBattle of Prek Klok IBattle of Prek Klok IIBattle of Loc NinhBattle of Suoi TreNew Year's Day Battle of 1968Battle of Prek Klok INew Year's Day Battle of 1968Ho Chi Minh CityPhnom PenhBiên HòaLong XuyenVung TauTan AnMỹ ThoKampong Cham100 km11.313N, 106.096E
Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Operation Junction City is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 140 in present-day Vietnam.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q220882, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Junction City, revision 1370633585, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.