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Operation FARGO
26 December 1967 ~ 12 January 1968
 
        C Company provided one Officer and 28 Enlisted Men during the 40 days they were in support of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment with convoy security escort and “Roadrunner” highway security patrols near An Loc and Loc Ninh.
 

        Operation FARGO (OPORD 28-67 issued 16 December 1967) was primarily a reconnaissance in force operation coupled with a secondary mission of road clearing and road security.

       The general area of reconnaissance in force operations included the northern sector of Binh Long Province and the northeastern sector of Tay Ninh Province. Road clearing operations were conducted along National Highway 13 between An Loc and Loc Ninh.

       The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment conducted Operation FARGO under the operational control of the Headquarters, II Field Forces.

      Operation FARGO was undertaken to counter increased enemy activity in the newly formed Military Region 10 (Binh Long and Phuoc Long Provinces). The operation was initiated by the 1st and 2nd Squadrons and subsequently joined by the 3rd Squadron on 30 December 1967.

2nd FF
11th ACR
18th Bde.
720th

 

 

 

       The first reconnaissance in force operation was initiated on 26 December 1967 by the 1st Squadron operating from Loc Ninh north along Highway 13 to the Cambodian border.
 

        Rome Plow clearing operations along Highway 13 from An Loc to Loc Ninh also began on 26 December 1967 and continued until 12 January 1968 when the mission was completed. The regiment continued to conduct reconnaissance in force operations until the termination of Operation FARGO on 21 January 1968.

Casualties resulting from the operation were, US- 13 KIA, 79 WIA, Non Hostile deaths 2, Injured 19.

Enemy- 49 KIA, WIA ?, POW's 3, Hoi Chans 3.
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