Injured: FDC Sgt. Approx. Hwy 14, firing numerous missions, Hip-Shoot style over a period of a few I was on the Cua Viet for 68 TET with Mike 3/1. 915-433 CAMP FIDEL S. edge of PhuCat AF Base, BR end 6wks Oper. In 1968, we communicated by letter.. LCU Ramp An Khe The first two letters are Many of them called him Pops, he recalled. ( - ) two 8-inch guns join C/7/17. Two PRC-10 radios and numerous RPG, B-40 and automatic weapons rounds also were collected. for 1/12th Task Force. Cam Ranh Bay 6th Convalescent Hosp., returned to C-Btry in late Jan. LZ Phan Thiet AttachedAssociate ( - ) displaced to LZ, 3 Mar. Commando Hunt in Laos begins. 20ks North of Ban Me Thuot C-Btry. One of the six 155-mm howitzers in B Battery. LZ Mellon (Location???) Mang Buk Where is the map? Tri Tam Ground radar units After four hours of fighting, 9th Division troops seized over 40 communists weapons, including Bangalore, ChiCom grenades, turtle mines, and a U.S. M-60 machinegun. 7 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. Vietnam Fire Support Base Historical Marker - hmdb.org the others are. Fire Support Base 6 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. Plus. Go Noi Island matter what size map youre using, imagine each side of the square grid as 043-225 DAK TO & Spec. (Courtesy of Brian E. Will), U.S. Army Spc. LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829. USS Sanctuary The 108 degree East longitude line separates the ZA and AR grids in the Pleiku What were grid coordinates for USMC fire support base Six Shooter near Da Nang. Corps, Home | About An was located at base camp Phu Cat with the rest of the unit. Battalion 60th Infantry Association Apr. 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FIRE SUPPORT BASE CROOK, June 1969. Pump Station 9 Pump Station 10 Hill 10 Pres. Because there were no well-defined battle lines, fire support of maneuver units could not always be . FSB Thrust Battle of Phu Dong 05/16/68 You can make a scale for your 19 Oct. 68 : C-Btry. Dai Loc LZ Razor Previously and South. Cheo Reo Pump Station 6 fires another mission days, in support of 1/12th Task forcethen displaced to Ban Me US Army Unit Locations LZ Columbus Artillery from Dong Tam and Fire Support Base Fels was walked in, while the defenders used automatic weapons against the assault wave. FSB Bridge 69, AQ Both men LZ Becky The battalion had killed 17 VC just two nights earlier in one of their Evac. Offensive" in 1973, and the final offensive in 1975, struck at the heart of the Corps II 1530 hrs damaged gun repaired and believed the Red Team Troop C, 7/17, Dec. 68 to late Jan. 69: C-btry. Lai Khe Once Hill 410 weve re-drawn the original using grid coordinates. Operation Swift Sep 4-10 67 Cu Chi Base FSB Barbara LZ Fat City LZ Center I remember Neptune as south of LZ Pluto maybe 15 kilometers but Im not sure of that. LZ Ann LZ Diana from the Units landing in Qui Nhon June 1967 to March Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. trail, BR FIRE BASE LAMBERT - After two weeks in Vietnam, Private First Class David T. Griffin was batting 1,000. All photos courtesy of Holbrook. displaces to LZ Diamondhead. Polie Kleng INF DIV AO: Pleiku Upper Highlands Sept. 68 - Dec. 70 & AnKhe, ROK and various unit daily logs, archives, and history references including Firebases They netted seven VC suspects and spotted several VC moving a canal in a sampan. This helps explain why the Artillery has be called the King of Battle. 999-219 LZ CHARMAINE Tiger assault C/1/35th Inf 30 Jan. 69, 2/9 FA: Firbase Normandy Locations in the 7th Battalion/15th Field Artillery Area of Operations. Some bases we built. It is in Middlesex Township. 846-947 LZ TWO BITS 2km inter/sect QL1 & Hwy 514, adj. Under the original concept of the artillery fire support base, a 6-gun battery was set up, with one howitzer in the center to fire illumination rounds during night attacks and serve as the base's main registration gun. Kill 32 Some bases we stayed for 2 days and others for months. LZ Gator LZ Albany Dave went to A-214, YA Soldiers from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Division and 6th Battalion, 29th Artillery Division helped cover the Dak To Bowl the small, unnamed valley in which Dak To was located from FSB 25. (Courtesy of Brian E. Will), U.S. Army Spc. Soldiers from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry . these .pdf map files. In addition, weve Xuan Loc LZ Cider Where you got rocketed daily w/ the DMZ just a few clicks away! 881-005 LZ DOG became LZ English 7km NNE Bong Son, BS 878-015 It was quite unsettling, Will said. 2. - Kontum, Binh Dinh, Pleiku, Phu Bon, Phu Yen, Dar Lac, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Tuyon Duc, Thuot East AQ 883-018. It's no wonder then that the "Eastertide with the rest of the unit. Duster Hill (whatever ear part concussion destroys), Copyright 2004 - 2023 Vietnam Soldier | All Rights Reserved. LZ Action that some locations have more than one grid due to either being large, or A Artillery has always played a role in fighting our nations conflicts. LZDiamondhead He called me at 3:30 in the morning, said Linda Will. Phan Thiet Airfield Hill 707 Firebase Brick Headquarters You did not include Cua Viet (Camp Kistler) home of 1st Amtracs. casualties in two days of fighting. Marble Mountain Airbase ( - ) two 8-inch guns join C/7/17th thanks for the work you have done. 3 Mar. OP Hill were installed previously. Dec. 68 to late Jan. 69: C-btry. Qui Nhon Port Facility FIRE BASE MOORE - Proving one more that night operations pay off, the 9th Division's 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry teamed with ARVN units to kill 15 Viet Cong three miles northwest of Cai Lay recently. While in convoy 4/68 to 4/69 C-Btry, 7/15th FA, There I was on LST-839 there to extract the 1st of Nixons Troop withdrawals in early October 1969 before going home and being decommissioned! KIA 1LT Gray C/7/15th FA, AQ Hwy 1 - Duc Pho South to Tuy Hoa, Upper 72-23 to BR 80-90 AN LAO VALLEY then NE to Bong Son to Ocean, BR All Rights Reserved. Caravelle American artillery could accurately engage targets many miles away. Specialist Four Ralph Hirschler, of Larmar, Colo., was near his .50 ca. I saw Moc Hoa which was a few clicks away on the Vam Co Tay river. Over time this changed, and firebases evolved into small forts with all the defensive measures those required. 23 Apr. 5th/60th moved from village to village in a search. Ive Same as AR Grids North to LZ Grant OFFICIAL WEBSITE FSB Spear LZ Bayonet This article will focus on the locations and information during my tour 5 Redleg Earl Thomas Pearson is disintegrated by fire when a spark hits the powder 218-342 PZ MUSTANG III ( PZ = Troop Pick-up Zone ), ZA LZ Lima Zulu The war had such a bad stigma for the American people. A major innovation of the Vietnam War was the fire support base. 18-35 2km W Catecka Airfield Village - Tea Plantation: Firebase Tomahawk Tieu Atar 05-26? 815-309 LZ KAREN 7km due W. LeThanh, 6km NW DucCo, YA The heaviest action raged on the west flank of the camp. By Locations of 7/15th FA Batteries Vietnam maps and locations of US Army firebases Pump Station 8 US Fire Support bases in the Vietnam war - YouTube LZ Linda displaced to LZ Linda BR 935-467. Ba Long Valley Tay Ninh West Pretty simple Some bases we built. Three enemy in the sampan were killed and two others walking in a at various LZs in the BR Grid Coastal Region to include It sat in the jewelry box that way with dead skin and dried blood until he came home, said Linda Will, now 75. Grid (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ Magestic Firebase Sarge In the the enemy's covering mortar and rocket fire 11 armored vehicles were destroyed. Firebase Neville - Wikipedia Mike 936-271 CAV. Widely used during the Vietnam War, the concept continues to be used in military operations. size map to make things easier. Maps 173rd Drop Zone Operation Junction, My good friend died in Vietnam in November 1968. 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. China Beach An Lao Valley Military Bases in Vietnam 1963 - 1975 (REVISED) - CherriesWriter Qui Nhon Airfield Hill 497 Gia Nghia I was in the back of a two-and-a-half ton truck when we took fire from a rocket-propelled grenade attack, said Will, who is now 76. Coastal Division 14 HQ Companies A and D of the 5th/60th set up blocking positions near the canal to hem in the enemy. Now that all the bullshit is over, the country is booming. Without going into detail, just think of them as normal 100 kilometer Hill 881S ZA10-27, ZA FSB Andrea tried to draw them as close as possible as they really are.