Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of John J. Tolson

Battles of John J. Tolson

United States Army general (1915-1991)

John J. Tolson is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1967 and 1968: 1 battle and 4 campaigns, all in present-day Vietnam. Taken in date order, the sites lie 487 km apart end to end, 122 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Vietnam War (5).

Operation PershingOperation LejeuneOperation DragnetBattle of HueOperation DelawareOperation PershingOperation LejeuneOperation DragnetBattle of HueOperation DelawareDa NangPlay KuQuảng NgãiKon TumPakxeQuảng TrịChampasakSaravanAttapu200 km15.317N, 108.106E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1967: 2 engagements1968: 3 engagements3 in 196819671968
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Operation Pershing, 1967Operation Lejeune, 1967Operation Dragnet, 1968Battle of Hue, 1968Operation Delaware, 196819671968
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1967Operation PershingBình Định, Vietnam
1967Operation LejeuneĐức Phổ, Vietnam72 km NUS operational success
1968Operation DragnetBình Định, Vietnam72 km SAllies claim operational success
2 March 1968Battle of HueHuế, Vietnam298 km NWAmerican–South Vietnamese victory; Sustained damage to the...
1968Operation DelawareA Shau Valley, Vietnam46 km SWUS victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, U.S. Army, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.