page_title: 1967 in the Vietnam War
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 1967 in the Vietnam War / January
caption_attribution_description: English: An A-4 Skyhawk making a bombing run on a Viet Cong position during Operation DeSoto
context_page_description: 2 January
  Operation Bolo was a successful combat ruse by the United States Air Force that resulted in the USAF shooting down seven Vietnam People's Air Force MiG-21 interceptors.
  North Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Van Dong signaled in an interview with New York Times correspondent Harrison Salisbury that his nation would begin direct peace talks with the United States if the U.S. maintained an unconditional halt to American bombing, a statement confirmed by President Ho Chi Minh two weeks later.
  6 January
  In the Third Battle of Nakhang Royal Lao Army forces with U.S. air support repulsed a PAVN attack on Lima Site 36 at Na Khang. The PAVN lost an estimated 250 killed and the RLA lost nine killed.
  6–15 January
  Operation Deckhouse Five was conducted by the United States Marine Corps and South Vietnamese Marine Corps forces along the Mekong River Delta. The operation was notable in that it was a sizable, combined USMC and Vietnamese Marine amphibious operation and it was the last Special Landing Force amphibious landing to take place beyond the boundaries of I Corps. The operation resulted in 21 Viet Cong, seven Marines and one ARVN killed.
  8–28 January
context_section_description: 2 January
  Operation Bolo was a successful combat ruse by the United States Air Force (USAF) that resulted in the USAF shooting down seven Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) MiG-21 interceptors.
  North Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Van Dong signaled in an interview with New York Times correspondent Harrison Salisbury that his nation would begin direct peace talks with the United States if the U.S. maintained an unconditional halt to American bombing, a statement confirmed by President Ho Chi Minh two weeks later.
  6 January
  In the Third Battle of Nakhang Royal Lao Army (RLA) forces with U.S. air support repulsed a PAVN attack on Lima Site 36 at Na Khang. The PAVN lost an estimated 250 killed and the RLA lost nine killed.
  6–15 January
  Operation Deckhouse Five was conducted by the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and South Vietnamese Marine Corps forces along the Mekong River Delta. The operation was notable in that it was a sizable, combined USMC and Vietnamese Marine amphibious operation and it was the last Special Landing Force (SLF) amphibious landing to take place beyond the boundaries of I Corps. The operation resulted in 21 Viet Cong (VC), seven Marines and one ARVN killed.
  8–28 January
  Operation Cedar Falls was a military operation conducted primarily by U.S. forces. The aim of this massive search and destroy operation was to eradicate the so-called "Iron Triangle", an area located in close proximity to Saigon, which had become a major VC stronghold. The operation resulted in 720 People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN)/VC killed and 218 captured, U.S. losses were 72 killed and ARVN losses were 11 killed.
  9 January
  In the Raid on Ban Naden a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)-led team raided a Pathet Lao prisoner of war camp in Ban Naden in northern Laos. The operation successfully freed 82 prisoners.
  The VC sank the dredgeship Jamaica Bay which was dredging for the construction of Đồng Tâm Base Camp, three crewmembers were killed.
  10 January
  President Johnson delivered the annual State of the Union address to Congress, and told the gathered legislators "I recommend to the Congress a surcharge of 6 percent on both corporate and individual income taxes--to last for 2 years or for so long as the unusual expenditures associated with our efforts in Vietnam continue."  Regarding the war, Johnson said "I wish I could report to you that the conflict is almost over. This I cannot do. We face more cost, more loss, and more agony," and he delivered a record 135-billion dollar federal government budget proposal.
  14 January
  A Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG) company engaged a PAVN force near Bù Đốp Camp killing 41 PAVN for the loss of three killed. 
  25 January
  Lieutenant General Nguyễn Hữu Có was dismissed from his positions as Deputy Premier and Defense Minister of South Vietnam and removed from his place in the military junta governing the nation, by vote of the other junta members.
  27 January – 7 April
  Operation Desoto conducted by the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines in Đức Phổ District. The operation results in 383 VC and 76 U.S. killed.
caption: A Marine A-4 bombs VC positions during Operation Desoto
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "DEFENSE DEPT PHOTO (MARINE CORPS) A369747", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0", "Image DateTime": "2010:09:25 16:56:54", "Image ExifOffset": "166", "Image XPTitle": "[68, 0, 69, 0, 70, 0, 69, 0, 78, 0, 83, 0, 69, 0, 32, 0, 68, 0, 69, 0, ... ]", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "1967:02:01 00:00:00", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "1967:02:01 00:00:00", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "00", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "00", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "2550", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3509"}