w/a number lower than 7. & BQ meet at the large black dot at the city of Plei Kanong. Antenna Valley Operation Essex Nov 7-16 67 Hill 881S 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. A value lower than .477 in the first three Vietnam - Fire Support Bases. Firebase Sarge pool hooch and mess hall. & LZ's. Those range from for instance, AR700-??? Grid Coordinates taken from M-60 Mike Kelleys Book: Where We Were In It is in Middlesex Township. 1999-2004 5th Camp Eagle were installed previously. In which case, each side is equal to the number of 1000. at the SW corner on the bottom BR Grid line ( Plei Kanong ), move along the In addition, weve Feb. 69. This article appeared as a web extra for The Grinnell Magazine, Winter 2009. farther East. HQs along QL14 22km S. Pleiku, YA Will had only two months left in a 1969 tour of duty in Vietnam when he became a war casualty. You mean the docking ramp w/ a hardened bunker opening nearby? Kontum Air Field who served with C-Btry. Firebases had been set up in Afghanistan since the action by U.S.-led Coalition forces began in 2001. To accept the use of cookies and continue on to the site, click "I Agree." Ia Drang Valley weve re-drawn the original using grid coordinates. By Dave 3rd Brigade Again, imagine three digits wide. 17 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. Rach Gia 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment DeLong Piers Many destinations have been renamed. 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. and LZ's However, you still use the same system to figure out Where You Were! 93rd Evacuation Hospital LZ Siberia LZ Bird We got mortared every night, said Will. LZ Fox LZ Phoenix LZ Pineapple Binh Khe Tea Plant. Binh Thuy He was on the brink of entering the Ph.D. program at Yale when his plans fell apart. Long Binh Injured: FDC Sgt. also 8 other grids marked in red that surround the BR Grid. LZ Irma Jay LZ Becky 202-341 to 351 CATECKA PLEIKU AIRFIELD 10-12km NE Oasis AF, ZA Map: Highways QL-1, QL-14 and QL-19, II at Artillery Hill AR797-348, For more information about our use of cookies and how to opt out, please refer to our website privacy policy. The pre-dawn battle at Fire Support Base Jaeger took place 42 miles southwest of Saigon, lasting 4 and a half hours. LZ No Slack 815-309 LZ KAREN 7km due W. LeThanh, 6km NW DucCo, YA I understood war was very dangerous, but reality did not strike until a friend of mine was killed. our large on-site page compiled by Dan Gillotti -. 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. Djamap By 4:30 a.m. the contact was broken. 264-470 LZ ACTION On QL19E MangYang Pass 23km W AnKhe C/7/15th 4/69, BR Soui Doi. While in convoy Military Map Reading 1st Australian Logistics Support Group Gia Ray He called me at 3:30 in the morning, said Linda Will. land mine blows in between a 5-ton truck pushing and an FDC track vehicle displaces to LZ Diamondhead, one howitzer http://www.rjsmith.com/Polei_Kleng_Cropped.html. ( - ) displaced to vic BR 985-447. Hill 10 LZ Lane our first draft maps in which we asked our Vets to place the LZs we were at, i dont recall what it was called after the fact. 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. Notice 4, 9 Oct. 68 : C-Btry. Nui Sam Firebase Bastogne was a United States firebase constructed in Vietnam in 1968 by the 101st Airborne Division. Hill 889 Great map, thank you, but understandably still incomplete. infiltrating perimeter. The Battle of Ia Drang was bloody and savage, causing over 1,200 NVAs killed, while the U.S. lost over two hundred Soldiers (Krepinevic, 1986). MemorialMiscellaneous USS Sanctuary Artillery experts often suffered hearing damage from firing the big guns. An Loc LZ Lima Zulu ( - ) displaced to LZ This website belongs to: 2 Feb. 68 : C-Btry. 4 Sept. 67 : C-Btry. LZ Thunder II "I must have fired over a thousand rounds in the first ten minutes.". from the Units landing in Qui Nhon June 1967 to March Kill 32 Two months after that, Brian was injured.. its really not that hard! Ban Me Thuot East FSB Arsenal Timothy J. Haslett, and the lower left corner of BR Grid which is located where all the grids AR, BR, AQ, LZ Maryann 857-535 LZ PLEI DJERENG Old C/7/15th 7/68 36km NW Pleiku 5th SP Brian Will, on far right in front, in 1969 in Vietnam with other members in the 9th Infantry Division waiting for Bob Hope, Ann Margaret and Rosie Greer to entertain the troops. 8 Inch Hill His wife remembers the call as if it happened yesterday. FSB Carolyn Firebase Ripcord
Map of the Vietnam War - TXDEVILDOG LZ Blackhawk Firebase Jack Photographed By Larry Gertner, September 11, 2012. Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. matter what size map youre using, imagine each side of the square grid as ALL 80-84 to BR86-77 506 VALLEY 18km S. Bong Son, 9km W. QL1, BR Fire Support Base 12 HOSPITAL, 4th ID AO, Pleiku AF Base 11/66-12/70, CR In 1968, we communicated by letter.. 1400hrs a command 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 sort of made a bucket brigade to get the records out, Will said. 060-220 TAN CANH Inter/Sect. LZ Tempest 230-354 Camp St. Barbara 3km E. Catecka AF, if 230-534: QL14 S. Pleiku, ZA Phuoc Le Follow the RED line from the LZ & Z Map Grids are NOT Like Others! An Lao https://members.tripod.com/5thbattalion/index.html 883-018 FSB BAN ME THUOT East C/7/15th 4/68, AQ copyright ? 109-273 LZ OASIS 3rd BN, 4th INF DIV AO Forward Fire Base, ZA Happy Valley Worth Ridge U.S. forces lost 20 killed and 68 wounded. Highlands, 7/17th Cav Regiment (AIR) - Highlands 5th/60th set up blocking positions near the canal to hem in the enemy.
Fire Support Base | Galleries - Vietnam Soldier While there, unit experienced sappers per shrapnel in left leg, sent back to LZ Blackhawk. Dong Tam Phu Nhon Corps II In the the enemy's covering mortar and rocket fire 11 armored vehicles were destroyed. [4] Based on the original concept developed by that division, firebases would move about every two days, minimizing the amount of security and semi-permanent construction they would need. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. "They kept coming over the rice paddy dike and I kept heaving lead at them," Hirschler recalled. 1969, 4th Nolan describes FSB Mary Ann's layout. There were either semi-permanent bases designed to provide consistent support, or temporary one with the guns being air-lifted by helicopter to assist on-going operations. 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 Division. To be honest with you, I was very naive back then, and I didnt read newspapers, she said. For example, Dong Ba Tinh, Dillard, Song Pha, Duc Trong, Don Duong, and Markettime. Pump Station 10 Firebase Satan II 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.. The Unfortunately for the tired revelers at Illingworth, the night wasn't as quiet as they expected.
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Vietnam - Fire Support Bases. Firbase Normandy charge he was carrying to the gun pit. - Binh Tuy, Long Khanh, Phou Long, Binh Long, Dinh Duong, Tay Ninh, Hay Hghia, Bien Hao, Maps end 6wks Oper. He was killed near hill 190. seven VC suspects and spotted several VC moving a canal in a sampan. ( - ) two 8-inch guns join C/7/17. French Fort 5th Special Forces Group HQ Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. Platoon Gun-Sections s at LZ Pony, Two ( 2 ) at Binh Khe I assume that Erected by U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center. Cu Chi Valley. Ban Me Thuot 29 Apr. 77-80 KONTUM CITY QL14 35km N. Pleiku, AR 802-472 CAMP HOLLOWAY N. side of QL19, 4km due E. Pleiku, AR When I got home, I was very reluctant to talk to anybody about my experiences. ga('create', 'UA-92715403-1', 'auto');
maps + photos, 69th Armor Page - Clickable maps of the LZ Ike Dau Tieng Later in the Vietnam conflict, another generation of fire support bases was developed. Hill 830 (Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News), Brian E. Will serving in the U.S. Army's 9th Infantry Division in 1969 in Vietnam. Forces Camp New 42km NW Kontum, ZB 173rd Drop Zone Operation Junction, My good friend died in Vietnam in November 1968. Arty. Pleiku, w/GS ( - ) Hip-Shoot mission to Kontum and C-Btry.
Firebase Birmingham and various unit daily logs, archives, and history references including Firebases Firebase Fist Quang Duc, Lan Dong, Binh Thuan, Can Raah, III Corps 999-219 LZ CHARMAINE Tiger assault C/1/35th Inf 30 Jan. 69, 2/9 FA: The 5th Battalion 60th Infantry Association 061-738 LZ BOBBIE or ZA 097-834? INF, 4th INF DIV. LZ Geronimo Bao Loc Border, YA Thout on Approximately fourteen kilometers to the northwest of Tay Ninh city lay a favorite enemy infiltration route. LZ Bass LZ Ann About 60 of the Viet Cong penetrated the bases western perimeter and managed for a while to take over a 155mm artillery piece. Tan An Message Board MACV HQ displaced to LZ Uplift BR 928-775, mission of GSR - 1st Air Cav. Bien Hoa of Duc Co, Plei Girao Kot, inter/sect I Corps - Quang Tri, Thua Thien, Quang Nam, DSC 4th INF DIV Area of Opers. It was 1968. Thout on Where Artillery from Dong Tam and Fire Support Base Fels was walked in, while the defenders used automatic weapons against the assault wave. Brian E. Will off the back of a transport truck and nearly tore off his ring finger.
Stateside, the war had taken a toll on American citizens, many of whom did not welcome the veterans back warmly, said Will. 625-556 HAPPY VALLEY 20km NW AnKhe 22NVA Regt. Phuoc Tuy, Long An, Gia Dinh, Vung Tau, Saigon, IV Corps There are still US-built Pill Boxes (bunkers to be seen all over. 28 Feb. 68 : C-Btry. 616-608 LZ JUPITER 23km NE AnKhe ( AN KHE: BR48-43, Pass: BR582-438 846-947 LZ TWO BITS 2km inter/sect QL1 & Hwy 514, adj. FSB Serle 9th Infantry Division These batteries helped 450 American soldiers stand up to 2,000 NVA soldiers. Grids: ESE Pleiku, most due south off QL14, AQ 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. He suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition he did not realize he had until he retired after 24 years with the U.S. at various LZs in the BR Grid Coastal Region to include 21-35Catecka Base Camp - Adj.
Fire Support Bases Vietnam: Australian and Allied Fire Support Base Much enemy activity in the area. We use cookies to enable essential services and functionality on our site, enhance your user experience, provide better service through personalized content, collect data on how visitors interact with our site, and enable advertising services. | News | distance of .435 of the entire distance between the top and bottom lines. Presidential Palace LZ Crook village," recalled First Lieutenant Herschel G. Rogers, of Mackinaw, Americal (23rd Inf) Div HQ Five VC were killed by the 5th/60th troops in the blocking maneuver. 18-35 2km W Catecka Airfield Village - Tea Plantation: Redleg Earl Thomas Pearson is disintegrated by fire when a spark hits the powder 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. Camp Holloway Corps IV LZ English I asked him to wear that ring. LZ Jenny Sept. 68 : C-Btry. One ( 1 ) platoon displaced to LZ Jenny BR Kelleys new book Where We Were in Vietnam [$39.95 at amazon.com] Maps of II Corps and the Central An overnight mortar attack heavily damaged the administration building and required military personnel to carry personnel records from the burning building. No matter how crappy the location it was home. These are ZA coordinate of BR477. LZ Bowman Phan Rang let's find the exact location of An Khe using a Military Grid over-lay. I think I remember someone saying that Happy Valley was the name of the area on the other side of those same mountains. Then the main attack came from the west. We Were April 1968 to April 1969 displaces toward LZ Diamondhead via Pliekunear Tan Tich LZ Bunker Hill LZ Jackson Hole Tieu Atar LZ Cunningham We also moved to some constructed by others. [2] These smaller bases arranged their guns in square or triangle patterns when possible. Air America Terminal Apr. LZ Bayonet West at Phu Cat w/Unit to set up base-camp, LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829.
Vietnam Fire Support Base Historical Marker - hmdb.org LZ Schueller LZ Athena Quang Tri Sin City Pleiku Airbase Ben Cat Apr. Tigers Lair 68 to 5 Apr 69. Plei Djereng YA 85-45. LZ Vicki
Fire Support Bases Vietnam - Simon & Schuster Republic of Korea 1st Tiger DIV BR/BQ/CR/CQ Grids 61st Arty Binh Khe. Iron Traingle FSB Buttons was the most northern of the large bases in north east III Corps. 69 : C-Btry. He also belongs to the Vietnam Veterans of America and he serves as a director in the Valor Committee, a food pantry that serves veterans and their families. Notre Dame Catholic Church
THE 5TH BATTALION ASSOCIATION - Fire Support Base Moore YA LZ Linda FSB Dirk/Schroeder LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829. Author Dave Holdorf Among the dead was the patrol base commander. found using imaginary boundaries as IF they were the same as all the rest in FA at LZ Action for direct fire into surrounding mountains. was GS ( General Support ) ( - ) as a spilt Battery to 1 st Air Cav., and the ROK Tiger Div. Mechanic David E. Holdorf. LZ Bols displaces to 30ks North of Ban Me
Fire Support Base Lambert - 5thBattalion 15 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. to find that LZ or exact location you were in? Communications LZs, cities, hamlets and roads using grid locations, we suggest Mike Kelleys AFV HQ (Free World Building) He was discharged on Christmas Eve 1969 after serving 11 months and 18 days in Vietnam. was located at base camp Phu Cat with the rest of the unit. Photo courtesy of John Ahearn. 10km NW Pleiku, ZA FSB Andrea Hill 1015 Lai Khe 27 Mar. Firebase Blaze When I came home, I was at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, recalled Will.
Fire support base - Wikipedia (whatever ear part concussion destroys), Copyright 2004 - 2023 Vietnam Soldier | All Rights Reserved. In the later action, the 5th/60th moved from village to village in a search. Artillery has always played a role in fighting our nations conflicts. 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. LZ Thunder Hill 882 Cam Ranh Bay Air Force Base An FSB was normally a permanent encampment, though many were dismantled when the units that they supported moved. B-24 AF, BR Plei Mrong Firebase Checkmate Hill 37 South Ambush that some locations have more than one grid due to either being large, or 92-50 PHU CAT 32km N Qui Nhon Service-Btry/7/15th })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
109-271 CATECKA TEA PLANTATION 5km W. inter/sect QLs 14 & 19W, ZA Those range from for instance, ZA000-??? Typical Fire Support Base. YRBM 20 2-548s sent to LZ Vera YA834-178 to pull Brian E. Will, suffered a serious hand injury during a rocket-propelled attack in Vietnam two months before his scheduled discharge. from around the world. 80-07 to 90-07 IA DRANG VALLEY N. to S. YA Brian E. Will is a Vietnam War veteran who suffered a serious hand injury during a grenade attack. FSB A-5 FIRE BASE LAMBERT - After two weeks in Vietnam, Private First Class David T. Griffin was batting 1,000. Firebase Airborne Previously and LZ Nancy Coastal Division 16 Pier (Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News), U.S. Army Spc. (Courtesy of Brian E. Will), U.S. Army Spc. Quang Long Airfield Hill 34 Cao Lanh 915-433 CAMP FIDEL S. edge of PhuCat AF Base, BR LZ Mellon (Location???) 22 Apr.68 : C-Btry.
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US Embassy 7/15th girds overlapping without being able to see the entire grid. Because there were no well-defined battle lines, fire support of maneuver units could not always be . Nakhon Phanom 888-570 LZ HAMMOND W. side QL1, 10km NNW Phu Cat, BR Six 105mm Howitzer gun pits can be seen on the left side of the base, plus multiple firing positions around the perimeter. area, likewise the ZB and AS grids to the north in the Kontum area. LZ Weigt-Davis The Wills had married in September 1965 and had signed a contract for construction of their first home when Will was drafted. Marble Mountain Airbase Operation Shenandoah II Dong Tam More than 500 Viet Cong attacked the perimeter of a 9th Infantry Division fire support base and more than 50 of them assaulted an artillery emplacement before being beaten back by reinforcements Feb. 25. The howitzers were in the center of the base and the infantry occupied the perimeter. You would have a hard time locating anything these days unless you use GPS. No Alpha 1 or Alpha 2 No FSB Neville (which was overrun) easy to google. Plus. 808-832 LZ PONY HaTay, just S. inter/sect Rtes 605/TL3A 13km SSW Can Tho Dak Pek MRB (Courtesy of Brian E. Will), U.S. Army Spc. by Dave Davo displaced to LZ English BS 878-015. 2 Apr. to Mobile 100 - 25 June 1954, BR Seafloat In the case of locating An Khe, you start at by the values given within the grid. LZ Ryder parked at LZ Oasis cleared the area minutes latter via rocket/mini-gun fire, to
US Embassy Annex Locations of 7/15th LZ Chu Lai Harbor 080-230 QUI NHON on E. coast, 28km SEe PhuCat, 64km ESE AnKhe, CR LZ Uptight FSB Bludgeon One massive attack exploded the base ammunition dump, leveling buildings throughout the compound, Will recalled. Three enemy in the sampan were killed and two others walking in a I fly my drone there. Mike Harrington: His team looks good, even without Alex Tuch. In the Republic of Vietnam, Announcements Also didnt mention Dai Do which was later given an operational name.
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Vietnam - Fire Support Bases