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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Rathvon M. Tompkins

Battles of Rathvon M. Tompkins

American general, 1912 to 1999

Rathvon M. Tompkins is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1967 and 1968: 2 battles and 3 campaigns, all in present-day Vietnam. Taken in date order, the sites lie 226 km apart end to end, 56 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Vietnam War (4).

Operation OsceolaOperation NeoshoBattle of Khe SanhBattle of Dai DoOperation Lancaster IIOperation NeoshoBattle of Khe SanhBattle of Dai DoDa NangUbon RatchathaniĐồng HớiSavannakhetThakhekSakhon NakhonNakhon PhanomYasothonSaravan200 km16.652N, 107.155E
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 Osceola, 1967Operation Neosho, 1967Battle of Khe Sanh, 1968Battle of Dai Do, 1968Operation Lancaster II, 196819671968
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1967Operation OsceolaQuảng Trị, Vietnam
1967Operation NeoshoHuế, Vietnam70 km SEInconclusive
21 January 1968Battle of Khe SanhKhe Sanh, Vietnam94 km WBoth sides claim victory: Siege partially relieved in...
3 May 1968Battle of Dai DoVietnam46 km NEBoth sides claim victory
1968Operation Lancaster IIQuảng Trị, Vietnam16 km SWU.S. operational success

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, Unknown military photographer of the Signal Corps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.