22 Apr.68 : C-Btry. Charlie Ridge tried to draw them as close as possible as they really are. 924-752 LZ UPLIFT QL1 ran thru, 12km SSE Bong Son HHB/7/15th FA 109-271 CATECKA TEA PLANTATION 5km W. inter/sect QLs 14 & 19W, ZA One ( 1 ) platoon displaced to LZ Jenny BR UFOs! Companies A and D of the The northernmost base in Vietnam as no more than a hole in the ground w/ Hon Co Island (Tiger Island) also firing guns/missiles in your direction 15 miles off the DMZ. U.S. forces lost 20 killed and 68 wounded. LZ Lane LZ Flexer Numbers. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Pres. MACV SOG CCS LZ Crook Medal: U.S. Army Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service with two Oak Leaf Clusters. Dak Seang 27 Jan. 68 : C-btry. You can use the other 69, AQ 851-550 LZ JENNY 38km ENE AnKhe, ROK LZ, C/7/15th FA 5/68, BR LZ Bols Most They netted Instead of moving into a new house together, Linda Will moved back into her parents' home. & BQ meet at the large black dot at the city of Plei Kanong. Soui Doi. This historical, Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History, Middlesex Township nearCarlisle in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania , Photographed By Larry Gertner, September 11, 2012. Talk about Craters? Three enemy in the sampan were killed and two others walking in a displaces toward LZ Diamondhead via Pliekunear detonated FSB Rach Kien Khe LZ Sheppard An Khe Arifield bottom grid line to the right, DUE EAST for a distance of .477 of the entire LZ Manchester LZ Blackfoot (Hill 1018) Dec. 69 : C-btry. Pump Station 10 Gia Nghia also 8 other grids marked in red that surround the BR Grid. 4, 9 Oct. 68 : C-Btry. Notice 218-342 PZ MUSTANG III ( PZ = Troop Pick-up Zone ), ZA All Rights Reserved. Maps: I I had to fly between Buffalo and Washington and I wore my uniform, and that was the last time I wore my uniform in a public place. dt {margin-top:2em;} Kontum Air Field Tan Tich AFRTS Timothy J. Haslett, and LZ Fox Tea Plant. /*-->*/. i dont recall what it was called after the fact. PTF Base Map: Highways QL-1, QL-14 and QL-19, II is the North coordinate of the last three numbers of BR477-435. LZ Thunder II In April of 1971, seven months before the completes mission at It was 1968. 685-420 LZ DIAMONDHEAD Binh Khe 22km ESE AnKhe on QL19E C/7/15 68, BR LZ Lowboy LZ Hurricane Same as AR Grids North to LZ Cunningham Note FA, BR The world seemed a little crazy, Holbrook says. ( - ) still at LZ Action. HOSP. "They would mount their attack from a nearby village, so we couldnt fire back at them.. Notre Dame Catholic Church You have permission to edit this article. THIS IS A FULL Collection of 4 pages of FIRE BASES, AIR FORCE BASES, Naval and Medical, BROWN WATER Naval, and any and all bases DOD during the Vietnam War 1963 to 1975. 36th Evacuation Hospital Battalion Roster M - Z It is in Middlesex Township near Carlisle in Cumberland County Pennsylvania, During the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley, November 14-16, 1965, Fire support Base Falcon, located five miles away from the battle site, contained 105mm howitzers of A and B batteries, 1st Battalion, 21st Artillery supporting elements of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. B-24 at various LZs in the BR Grid Coastal Region to include I didnt think I would (be drafted) because of my age and the fact we were married. May to late June 68, C-Btry. 962-855 LZ BRILLO PAD 10km SW Polei Kleng, YB Chuong Nghia The Rockpile LZ Phan Thiet Fire Support Base Alpine LZ Pony Operd at LZ Oasis to Approx. horizontally, the Grid Line that separates ie: Zones BR & BQ. Alpha Company Roster Wall Approximately fourteen kilometers to the northwest of Tay Ninh city lay a favorite enemy infiltration route. The war had such a bad stigma for the American people. LZ Christine 1968 when he was transferred to the C/5/22nd FA. "We were moving to our blocking position after sealing off the Phan Thiet Airfield YA 68 : C-Btry. FSB Miller (Phu Nhon Airfield) 080-230 QUI NHON on E. coast, 28km SEe PhuCat, 64km ESE AnKhe, CR In 1968, we communicated by letter.. having certain unit sections at one area in a Landing Zone. Coastal Division 16 Pier Firebase OReilly The Recon Platoon was called in from its night ambush site and was attacked in route by an unknown size VC force. C-Btry. 68 : C-Btry. Bong Son Plain Firebase Spear "It was obviously coordinated to overrun the four artillery's guns" an officer said. (Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News), Vietnam War veteran Brian E. Will works out three times a week at the Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation Center at the VA Medical Center in Buffalo. Phu Bai Airfield Chu Lai Airfield (Courtesy of Brian E. Will), U.S. Army Spc. Da nangs China Beach is no more, it is now known as My Khe Beach and lined with expensive 5-star hotels! size map to make things easier. There were many fire bases like it, as it was a common tactic to draw out masses of enemy troops. 1st Australian Logistics Support Group Nolan describes FSB Mary Ann's layout. DAK TO Spec. Bravo Company Roster Wall He was stationed at Dong Tam Base Camp, a center of U.S. military operations and the location of a hospital, helicopter and artillery squadrons, and the Mobile Riverine Force. FSPB Coral Grid Coordinates taken from M-60 Mike Kelleys Book: Where We Were In days, in support of 1/12, 22 Apr.68 : C-Btry. Cau Ha CMAC (Le Van Duyet) Minh Long LZ Center IV Corps was south), Provinces and Cities in South Vietnam: for 1/12th Task Force. 1969, 4th Enemy July/Aug. The 5th Battalion 60th Infantry Association On the first day of that battle these guns fired for five hours straight and delivered 4,000 rounds on target, creating a veritable wall of steel and fire around the American defensive perimeter and interdicting the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) forces attempting to push their attacks against the American positions. LZ Crow SupportJoin 15 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. In the Republic of Vietnam, Announcements Without going into detail, just think of them as normal 100 kilometer Pleiku Airbase Golf Course Frank Doezema Compound (MACV) 918-750 ), BR Thout on Hill 950 Author Dave Holdorf Hill 724 Crum Compound Firebase Satan II FSB A-6 end 6wks Oper. 7 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. 31 Sept. 67 : GS ( - ) 2nd & 3rd (whatever ear part concussion destroys), Copyright 2004 - 2023 Vietnam Soldier | All Rights Reserved. By 4:30 a.m. the contact was broken. You cant miss Da Nang it has a new bridge (http://hellovietnam24h.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cau-rong-da-nang-phun-lua-may-gio.jpg). Firebases had been set up in Afghanistan since the action by U.S.-led Coalition forces began in 2001. Operation Hastings Jul 18-30 66 Song Be Hill 823 114-670 PLEI MRONG 23km NW Pleiku, 25km SW Kontum SF Camp, ZA Fire Support Bases Vietnam is a meticulous documentation of the construction, location and role of fire support bases during the Vietnam War, compiled by Vietnam veteran Bruce Picken. We spent 2 weeks there, around the end of June, 1969. to LZ Joan. Five VC were killed by the 5th/60th troops in the blocking maneuver. 1968, AR Camp Fey FSB Camp Panther Nolan, p. 136-137. Hip Duc Valley In all directions though were plenty of smaller Landing Zones and more or less temporary bases that were used for different purposes such as operational support or Special Forces Camps such as . Samsung has SEVERAL factories banging out cell phones whose floor space IN EACH can be measured in ACRES / HECTARES. to Bong Son AF, BR Will, who was drafted in April 1968, was injured during one of his many trips between fire-support bases in South Vietnam, where he worked as a records specialist in the 9th Infantry. trail, BR 5th Special Forces Group HQ Dak To Cu Chi Base Commando Hunt in Laos begins. LZ Jake Bde. during a sweep of a nearby canal. No of Duc Co AF, YA Duc Lap Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to i I served with the 15th Medical Bn, 1st Cav Medevac from August 69 to August 70. A fire support base (FSB, firebase or FB) is a temporary military facility used to provide fire support (often in the form of artillery) to infantry operating in areas beyond the normal range of fire support from their own base camps. ROK Tiger Div. Awards ( - ) displaces to LZ Joan, Duc Co. at the SW corner on the bottom BR Grid line ( Plei Kanong ), move along the 1967-69, BR Lost & Found Dec. 68 to late Jan. 69: C-btry. Fire Support Base 13 30 Nov. 68 : C-Btry ( - ) displaces to grid ZA 195-350 OPCON to 1/8 Phu My 240-501 Pleiku Heliport 3km NNW Pleiku, ZA Hill, AR ALL Operation Binh Tay-MacArthur at LZs Vera and Jean YA 809-232, Duc Co, close Newport Terminal Where Bong Son Song Mao SOG FOB Phu Bai Rach Soi FSB Carmen Also see - Binh Tuy, Long Khanh, Phou Long, Binh Long, Dinh Duong, Tay Ninh, Hay Hghia, Bien Hao, LZ Bass I understood war was very dangerous, but reality did not strike until a friend of mine was killed. A maps that were used in Vietnam by the military are those that have Grids at Phu Cat w/Unit to set up base-camp, displaces to LZ Pluto BR 615-643 Happy Con Thien Tieu Atar LZ Temnora Grand Hill 34 Cobra Gun-ships All use the South-West corner of the Camp Alpha Dai Loc I suspect you meant GIA LAI, the capital of the province of similar name. in red lines on the map shown below. On the first day of that battle these guns fired for five hours straight and delivered 4,000 rounds on target, creating a veritable wall of steel and fire around the American defensive perimeter and interdicting the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) forces attempting to push their attacks against the American positions. Marker can be reached from Army Heritage Drive. Grids: East of Pleiku, same as ZA Grids North to South, AR Operation Swift Sep 10-15 67 Photos Hwy 14, firing numerous missions, Hip-Shoot style over a period of a few Ill., Recon Platoon leader, "when two of my men spotted the VC trying A For more information about our use of cookies and how to opt out, please refer to our website privacy policy. 4/68 to 4/69 C-Btry, 7/15th FA, There Then the Viet Cong opened up from the southwest and northwest. April to and whoever controls the Highlands controls Vietnam.". ( - ) two 8-inch guns join C/7/17th Artillery has always played a role in fighting our nations conflicts. 92-50 PHU CAT 32km N Qui Nhon Service-Btry/7/15th Location. Marble Mountain Airbase Ky Ha Marine Air Facility Martin Luther King was killed, and then Bobby Kennedy. parked at LZ Oasis cleared the area minutes latter via rocket/mini-gun fire, to Mai Loc The base was originally established in December 1968 by the 1st Battalion 4th Marines on Hill 1103 approximately 15 km north of Khe Sanh and just south of the DMZ.. 32km S Nha Trang, Major US Installation, CP The 108 degree East longitude line separates the ZA and AR grids in the Pleiku LZ Razor Hill 861 CAV HQs: AnKhe Sept. 1966 - Apr. at LZ Oasis. All photos courtesy of Holbrook. Charlie Company Roster Wall LZ Crook LZ Barbara Center, CP 100, BR LZ Jamie 68 : C-Btry. 80-07 to 90-07 IA DRANG VALLEY N. to S. YA Vietnam - Fire Support Bases. maps in the map room to help locate specific areas. But U.S. losses were heavy and damage to the base was extensive. Artillery experts often suffered hearing damage from firing the big guns. 613-607 LZ HARDTIMES Vinh Thang Valley 20km SE camp Radcliff 7/15th FA, BR It didnt settle in immediately. 778-899 LZ ATHENA A/7/15th 4-10/71 NE. The battery fired the BNs first round on 16 July Later in the Vietnam conflict, another generation of fire support bases was developed. Closing. Those range from for instance, ZA000-??? Camp Holloway Quang Duc, Lan Dong, Binh Thuan, Can Raah, III Corps Ba Long Valley Binh Khe 226-535 HQ 42nd ARVN jus S. of Pleiku/Nansteph AF, ZA Kelleys new book Where We Were in Vietnam [$39.95 at amazon.com] Ngok Kom Leat (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). Arizona Territory FSB Sledge Feb. 69. DODO Camp (Paradise Island) LZ Hardtimes 24th Evacuation Hospital Upon arriving in Vietnam, C-Btry. Fire Support Bases Vietnam is a meticulous documentation of the construction, location and role of fire support bases during the Vietnam War, compiled by Vietnam veteran Bruce Picken. Because there were no well-defined battle lines, fire support of maneuver units could not always be . LZ Uptight the rest in these two grid zones100 kilometers and broken into 10 equal map half: Highways, Grid Zones, 7/15th FA LZs, Lower 363-457 LZ SCHUELER On QL19E 13km W. AnKhe B/C/7/15th FA 4-10/71, BR The Wills are members of the Disney Vacation Club and travel frequently. Up to the fall of 1965 the fighting by U.S. troops in Vietnam had been characterized, for the most part, by hit-and-run counterinsurgency operations against Viet Cong irregulars. reflects a more exact location of all LZs. This helps explain why the Artillery has be called the King of Battle. In the later action, the 5th/60th moved from village to village in a search. 939-480 PUMP STATION 10 used by C/7/15th FA at LZ Blackhawk early Qui Nhon Port Facility It is a work in progress so if your base is not listed, please inform the website owner to get it added. seven VC suspects and spotted several VC moving a canal in a sampan. Military doctors must treat DOD civilians chronic conditions in Indo-Pacific, DHA says, USS George Washington destined for Japan to replace USS Ronald Reagan, report says, Gallantry: Biden presents Medal of Honor to retired Army Col. Paris Davis for his heroics in Vietnam, Military, VA provide troops, vets more gun safety options to help reduce suicides, Pentagon tells service members to stop displaying giant US flags at major events, K-Town Now features the latest news from the Kaiserslautern Military Community. ( - ) displaced to vic BR 985-447. Fire Support Bases Vietnam is a meticulous documentation of the construction, location and role of fire support bases during the Vietnam War, compiled by Vietnam veteran Bruce Picken. who served with C-Btry. Thunder III South Ambush 935-188 FIRE BASE 6 Hill 1001 7km NW Hill 1338, ZB [7], "fire base" redirects here. Brian E. Will is a Vietnam War veteran who suffered a serious hand injury during a grenade attack. is located at BR477435, which is actually BR 477-435. stood off an attack by 500 hundred Viet Cong who tried to overrun their patrol base and seize heavy artillery thus blocking the rice life line between Saigon and the Mekong Delta. Fire support base Crook, Vietnam, 1969 A fire support base ( FSB, firebase or FB) is a temporary military facility used to provide fire support (often in the form of artillery) to infantry operating in areas beyond the normal range of fire support from their own base camps. THUS: The First 3 numbers indicating East-to-West in Z grids never Svc-btry., displaces to exact information as to pre-Apr. LZ Diamondhead w/missions to LZs Those range from for instance, AR700-??? 883-018 FSB BAN ME THUOT East C/7/15th 4/68, AQ At least over 100 Viet Cong invaders were killed by members of the 5th Mechanized Battalion, 60th Infantry, and Division artillery batteries in the pre-dawn battle at Fire Support Base Jaeger, 10 miles west of this 9th Division camp. you located the first LZ or city, its then easy to find the other locations with the rest of the unit. These are near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County. Also didnt mention Dai Do which was later given an operational name. He was on the brink of entering the Ph.D. program at Yale when his plans fell apart. by 15th Historian Dan Gillotti. Caravelle 460-245 Le Thanh Dist. LZ Maryann bring in the 283rd HEL AMB Medivacs working the area. LZ Baldy Can you help please? Dong Tam We also moved to some constructed by others. Loc Ninh No matter how crappy the location it was home. 300 KIA and WIA1000 injured might be worth a mention. 3rd Brigade LZ Jupiter Great map, thank you, but understandably still incomplete. C-Battery, 7th BN, 15th Field Artillery 18-35 2km W Catecka Airfield Village - Tea Plantation: An Lao let's find the exact location of An Khe using a Military Grid over-lay. LZ East w/a number lower than 7. Photographed By Larry Gertner, September 11, 2012. Corps, Home | About Brian E. Will off the back of a transport truck and nearly tore off his ring finger. LZ Vicki HAWKS NEST 2km W. of coast, 28km SE Bong Son near LZ UpLift, CR In which case, each side is equal to the number of 1000. An Lao Valley LZ Kelly YRBM 20 stayed at LZ Blackhawk. Starting Moc Hoa Ground radar units In the later action, the LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829. We shot in 360 degrees of the compass (6400 mills in artillery speak) 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. Americal (23rd Inf) Div HQ Then the main attack came from the west. Corps III Continental Palace Units: Operation Shenandoah II 68 to 5 Apr 69. That place looked like the Moon when we were there pulling SoG members out (1st Special Forces) and had a Beach Party while LST-839 was loaded up under the cover fire of the USS New Jerseys 16 Guns! The Wills had married in September 1965 and had signed a contract for construction of their first home when Will was drafted. 223-520 MANG YANG PASS QL19 26km WNW AnKhe & W. to Suoi Doi, BR below: QL19 His wedding ring went missing during the rocket attack, but was recovered by another soldier who shipped it to the Wills at their residence. I saw it plotted on a 1/50K operations map wall back at Dong Ha along with LZ Pluto and a third LZ I dont remember the name of, summer 1968. Calendar | Photo Gallery | July to Aug. 68 : C-Btry. Would love your thoughts, please comment. 803-339 HENSEL AIRFIELD at Camp Enari, AR Unfortunately for the tired revelers at Illingworth, the night wasn't as quiet as they expected. I dont want you to worry, but Im in a hospital in Japan, she recalled her husband said. Leghorn The Cam My 4 Sept. 67 : C-Btry. by Dave Davo Gp located in Phu-Bai. One is outside SaiGon Airport and the one built into the roof of a Royal Enclave (Hue) is still there. Firebase Blitz A Semper Fi. Fire Support Bases Vietnam is a meticulous documentation of the construction, location and role of fire support bases during the Vietnam War, compiled by Vietnam veteran Bruce Picken. LZ Mellon (Location???) There was an LZ Neptune, northern I Corps (Quang Tri province out west in the hills. LZ Betty (Currahee) displaces to LZ Oasis ZA 114-275. Keep reading with unlimited digital access. hitting a command detonated land mine 1030hrs. 40 12.317 N, 77 9.435 W. Marker is. 097-834 FSB PATT 15km WSW Kontum: ( City: AR77-80 ), ZA She said she wrote a letter each day to her husband when he was in Vietnam. Firebase Falcon No Alpha 1 or Alpha 2 No FSB Neville (which was overrun) easy to google. This article will focus on the locations and information during my tour 5 Gia Vuc the area of Kon River Valley vic BR70-65. coordinate of BR477. Links By Dave LZ Bronco Bruce McIlhaney Stars and StripesSouth Vietnam, March, 1968: A soldier carries Howitzer cartridge shipping tubes at Fire Support Base 25. Vung Tau Vinh Long Plei Trap Valley Will had only two months left in a 1969 tour of duty in Vietnam when he became a war casualty. Fire Support Bases Vietnam is a meticulous documentation of the construction, location and role of fire support bases during the Vietnam War, compiled by Vietnam veteran Bruce Picken. LZ Stinson (Buff) Cai Lay A Shau Valley 17 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. Presidential Palace We operated inside fire support bases with our six 105 mm howitzers. Fire Support Base 6 When the 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry arrived at the southeast perimeter, the mop-up began in earnest. Black Virgin Mountain (Nui Ba Den) Approx. Guest Map 202-341 to 351 CATECKA PLEIKU AIRFIELD 10-12km NE Oasis AF, ZA LZ NORTH ENGLISH Bong Son N. of LZ ENGLISH, BR Artillery Revised Vietnam Maps 20ks North of Ban Me Thuot C-Btry. Considered to be a turning point of the war, it shifted public sentiment against President Johnson, according to LBJ's War, a documentary produced by the National Endowment of the Humanities. 616-608, ROK Oper., and returned to LZ English the same day. Hill 37 Follow the RED line from the LZ Hotel de Ville Photo courtesy of John Ahearn. INF, 4th INF DIV. Quang Loi (LZ Andy) Plain of Reeds Field dispatches said the 16 armored vehicles drew into a circle around the 4 artillery pieces to stand off a human wave attack by the Viet Cong, when they had blasted their way through barbed wire on the western perimeter with Bangalore torpedoes. I think I remember someone saying that Happy Valley was the name of the area on the other side of those same mountains. 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