Page 132 - Stand Down Vietnam

Over the course of the next four and a half years, the
battalion operated from Da Nang, An Hoa, and Quảng Trị
and participated in over 40 combat operations,
including Operation Double Eagle, Operation Buffalo and
Operation Dewey Canyon. The battalion redeployed on 13
August 1969, after four years of continuous combat

operations.

Kilo and India companies were deployed to Bien Hoa Air
Base to provide ground support, for Marine Aircraft
Group 12 (MAG-12) in May 1972. They remained at Bien
Hoa until January 1973.

Kilo Co.3/9 was deployed to Bien Hoa Vietnam from
Okinawa on May 22, 1972, India Co. 3/9 relieved Kilo
Co. on August 26, 1972, and remained at Bien Hoa until
3 Feb 1973. The last U.S. Marine killed in action
before the war ended at 08:00 on 28 January 1973
(local) was PFC Mark Miller who was killed on 26
January 1973, listed as a member of MGAG-12, he was, in
fact, a member of India Company 3/9 on temporary
assignment to MAG-12.”