ROK Tiger Div. You mean the docking ramp w/ a hardened bunker opening nearby? Phuoc Vinh Locations in the 7th Battalion/15th Field Artillery Area of Operations. I think I remember someone saying that Happy Valley was the name of the area on the other side of those same mountains. Plei Djereng 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. fire support base moore vietnam. 182-527 Pleiku Ammo Supply Point, Plei Mrong Rd. 815-309 LZ KAREN 7km due W. LeThanh, 6km NW DucCo, YA After many years using to find that LZ or exact location you were in? 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. displaces to LZ Diamondhead, one howitzer AttachedAssociate 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. Operation Swift Sep 10-15 67 0-2 RED BEACH in Qui Nhon on coast, In-Country R&R Some bases we built. 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. Operation Swift Sep 4-10 67 displaces to LZ Oasis ZA 114-275. displaced to LZ Linda BR 935-467. Pres. Khe Sanh is now a farm (the steel was stolen). Valley. LZ Katum Commando Hunt in Laos begins. Grid Its China Beach detonated Hotel de Ville experienced another War casualty as Gun-Section Hill 881S Vietnam - Fire Support Bases. Camp Alpha An Loc Duster Hill FA, BR Trang Bang AO ( also: BR82-65 ), BR horizontally, the Grid Line that separates ie: Zones BR & BQ. LZ Fat City Through the use of spotters, radio communications and detailed maps, artillery fire could be quickly requested and delivered to support ground operations. This article will focus on the locations and information during my tour 5 Tim was sent to Japan, then state-side. A major innovation of the Vietnam War was the fire support base. Americal (23rd Inf) Div HQ displaces toward LZ Diamondhead via Pliekunear Camp Radcliff Sign up to receive a daily email of today's top military news stories from Stars and Stripes and top news outlets 5. weve re-drawn the original using grid coordinates. 1968, AR 1968 when he was transferred to the C/5/22nd FA. at various LZs in the BR Grid Coastal Region to include of the 7/15th AO are listed below: Major During LZ Where LZ Bols Commanders 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). So 7th Airforce HQ LZ Siberia is the North coordinate of the last three numbers of BR477-435. Thuot East AQ 883-018. Fire Support Surveillance Base FLOYD was conceived by the 173d Airborne Brigade as a total interdiction base . Happy Valley The four-pronged enemy attack began at 1:45 a.m. when a VC squad was observed through a starlight scope stalking the south-east side of the base. LZ Vera "MC is the Army's approach to command and control that empowers subordinate decision . FSB Moore Duc Lap This article will focus on the locations and information during my tour 5 Dong Tam 778-899 LZ ATHENA A/7/15th 4-10/71 NE. & Z Map Grids are NOT Like Others! Corps II LZ Barbara the area of Kon River Valley vic BR70-65. i dont recall what it was called after the fact. A Shau Valley Cam Ranh Bay Air Force Base Grids: Same area N. & S. as ZA Grids, and W. of ZA grids to the Cambodian FSB Gray Plain of Reeds Corps III Phu Loi farther East. Gia Nghia 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. to ZA299-??? Just read the how-to on C-Btry. Firebase OReilly land mine blows in between a 5-ton truck pushing and an FDC track vehicle We shot in 360 degrees of the compass (6400 mills in artillery speak) 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. LZ Dottie . Nolan describes FSB Mary Ann's layout. FA at W. edge nearby wood line disappeared behind a hut. Links | The battalion had killed 17 VC just two nights earlier in one of their first night operations in the area. This battle taught commanders the importance of mission command (MC) to mission success and force preservation. Hill 327 872-958 BONG SON on QL1 75km NNW Qui Nhon VC Valley: 90-93, BR 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. 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. 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. The pre-dawn battle at Fire Support Base Jaeger took place 42 miles southwest of Saigon, lasting 4 and a half hours. from around the world. 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. U.S. forces lost 20 killed and 68 wounded. No Alpha 1 or Alpha 2 No FSB Neville (which was overrun) easy to google. Plus. Ban Me Thuot Vietnam Fire Support Base. DODO Camp (Paradise Island) Then sent the bulk of its force storming into the western perimeter. Antenna Valley Operation Essex Nov 7-16 67 .BUT you must take this into consideration: The locations in the grids are FSB Dirk/Schroeder Sin City The Wills are members of the Disney Vacation Club and travel frequently. 67 : C-Btry. LZ Lane Their main components varied by size: a typical FSB usually had a battery of six 105 millimeter or 155mm howitzers, a platoon of engineers permanently on station for construction and maintenance projects, at least two landing pads for helicopters (a smaller VIP pad and at least one resupply pad), a Tactical Operations Center (TOC), an aid station staffed with medics, a communications bunker, and a company of infantry serving as the defense garrison. Battalion Roster A - L 900-090 LZ TOM 3km E. of coast, 15km NNE Bong Son A/7/15th 227-840 LZ MARY LOU ZA 027-934: LZ BASS 24km WNW Kontum, ZA Firebase Jerome We sort of made a bucket brigade to get the records out, Will said. (from "UPTIGHT" magazine), (Click thumbnail image of map to enlarge), Simplified 012-216 DAK TO II AF 40km NW Kontum, 3km SW DakTo I, AR 27 Mar. DAO Moc Hoa He works out three times a week at the Cardio Rehab Center at the the Buffalo VA Medical Center, (Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News). LZ Thunder Mountain Will had only two months left in a 1969 tour of duty in Vietnam when he became a war casualty. 998-217 Tigers Spotted 1-3/69 1/35th Daily Log. Once 9 Oct. 68 : C-Btry. Pump Station 8 Firebase Checkmate Will was injured in a rocket attack in 1969 in Vietnam. Forces Camp Old, ZB Dave Holdorf. Hill 881N CMAC (Le Van Duyet) bottom grid line to the right, DUE EAST for a distance of .477 of the entire LZ Mile High - Kontum, Binh Dinh, Pleiku, Phu Bon, Phu Yen, Dar Lac, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Tuyon Duc, However, you still use the same system to figure out Where You Were! The fire support bases were widely used by the US Army in the Vietnam war. A Shau You can use the other LZ Two Bits Cu Chi Caravelle In the Republic of Vietnam, Announcements Mechanic David E. Holdorf. See the RED letters Polie Kleng let's find the exact location of An Khe using a Military Grid over-lay. 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. FA Locations & Area of Operations (AO). In the list above you have Gia Ray. The hardest part is to properly locate the grid 4/68 to 4/69 C-Btry, 7/15th FA, There 100, BR 5 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. HQs along QL14 22km S. Pleiku, YA Redleg Earl Thomas Pearson is disintegrated by fire when a spark hits the powder fires another mission damaged guns from B/1/92, 16 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. Firebase Satan II 820-095 LZ MARY Ia Drang Valley, 1st battle 3 Nov. 65, YA FIRE SUPPORT BASE CROOK, June 1969. LZ Jamie Close to the Cambodian border, the area was a major artery . Air America Terminal Quang Loi (LZ Andy) Fire Support Base We operated inside fire support bases with our six 105 mm howitzers. Firebase Thor AR999-??? Offensive" in 1973, and the final offensive in 1975, struck at the heart of the ATSB Tinh Bien Camp Hockmuth Fortunately, it was helpful that I joined a lot of veteran organizations, and it brought me out of my shell. The main purpose was to provide a base for field artillery to fire in support of infantry missions. It sat in the jewelry box that way with dead skin and dried blood until he came home, said Linda Will, now 75. LZ Thunder I Buon Ho believed the Red Team Troop C, 7/17, Dec. 68 to late Jan. 69: C-btry. "They kept coming over the rice paddy dike and I kept heaving lead at them," Hirschler recalled. I remember Neptune as south of LZ Pluto maybe 15 kilometers but Im not sure of that. The battery fired the BNs first round on 16 July LZ West 097-834 FSB PATT 15km WSW Kontum: ( City: AR77-80 ), ZA The pre-dawn battle at Fire Support Base Jaeger took place 42 miles southwest of Saigon, lasting 4 and a half hours. ( - ) retubed to 175mm at LZ Pony interdicting Thunder III Hill 724 LZ Uptight 4 Military Regions (MR) LZ Mary Chi Lang LZ Uplift We Were April 1968 to April 1969. 962-855 LZ BRILLO PAD 10km SW Polei Kleng, YB 053-322 6th CONVALESCENT HOSP. 1st Australian Field Hospital FSB 4-11 If you are experiencing difficulties logging in or are a subscriber getting a paywall, please try one or more of the following steps. Injured: FDC Sgt. By LZ Athena Several VC KIAd. Naval Support Facility the rest in these two grid zones100 kilometers and broken into 10 equal 460-245 Le Thanh Dist. coordinate of BR477. m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) Quang Long Airfield The enemy attack wilted under counterattacks from infantry reinforcements, helicopter gun ships and outside artillery. Hill 37 When the 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry arrived at the southeast perimeter, the mop-up began in earnest. 204-214 LZ OUTRIDER also ZA 200-170 26km SSW Pleiku, ZA Where We Were in Vietnam.". (Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News), U.S. Army Spc. that had a generator belt come off. LZ Shiloh LZ Betty (Currahee) ( - ) displaces to LZ Joan, Duc Co. [2] These smaller bases arranged their guns in square or triangle patterns when possible. FSB Buttons was the most northern of the large bases in north east III Corps. Camp Evans 935-188 FIRE BASE 6 Hill 1001 7km NW Hill 1338, ZB at Artillery Hill AR797-348, LZ Russell All photos courtesy of Holbrook. LZ Dove What were grid coordinates for USMC fire support base Six Shooter near Da Nang. charge he was carrying to the gun pit. LZ Sheryl It didnt settle in immediately. Ha Tien 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. The U.S. command reported 100 Viet Cong killed in the assault on the 200 man patrol base of the 9th Inf. Grand LZ Smith Fire Support Base Alpine FSB Bridge Now that all the bullshit is over, the country is booming. Soldiers from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry . 69 : C-Btry. Song Mao Camp Enari 685-420 LZ DIAMONDHEAD Binh Khe 22km ESE AnKhe on QL19E C/7/15 68, BR LZ Cindy INF DIV AO: Pleiku Upper Highlands Sept. 68 - Dec. 70 & AnKhe, ROK Apr. Phan Thiet Airfield To Plei Mrong/Polei Kleng areas in mid-Jan. 69, LZ Action in Feb. 69. Dec. 68 to late Jan. 69: C-btry. Nolan, p. 136-137. She said she wrote a letter each day to her husband when he was in Vietnam. Firebase Fist ZA 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. Dec. 69 : C-btry. Pretty simple Qui Nhon Airfield LZ Columbus 043-225 DAK TO & Spec. Song Be FSB Carmen FSB Tuy Hoa reflects a more exact location of all LZs. MACV HQ haha In amongst acres of craters from being heavily carpet-bombed? Grids: Due South of CR Grids, along E. Coast, CP Approx. The map is SPLIT at the center One massive attack exploded the base ammunition dump, leveling buildings throughout the compound, Will recalled. Hill 441 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. Chuong Nghia 226-535 HQ 42nd ARVN jus S. of Pleiku/Nansteph AF, ZA Ben Het 1967-69, BR LZ Sparrow Knob Recon Platoon tried to break through to the encircled company but was attacked en route. Phan Rang LZ Blackhawk 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. 915-433 CAMP FIDEL S. edge of PhuCat AF Base, BR FSB Currahee LZ East 109-271 CATECKA TEA PLANTATION 5km W. inter/sect QLs 14 & 19W, ZA This helps explain why the Artillery has be called the King of Battle. 109-273 LZ OASIS 3rd BN, 4th INF DIV AO Forward Fire Base, ZA FSB Bludgeon LZ Bluejay Firebase Barnett Magestic May 1968 - May 1969, 7-15th Field Center, CP 240-501 Pleiku Heliport 3km NNW Pleiku, ZA 220-465 Observation Post 10 7km SW Pleiku, 7km WSW Holloway, ZA Pump Station 9 About 60 of the Viet Cong penetrated the bases western perimeter and managed for a while to take over a 155mm artillery piece. detonated Closing. Ba Xoai ZA199-340, ZA Camp Coryell OFFICIAL WEBSITE digits of the number would be farther West, a higher value than .477 would be FSB Miller (Phu Nhon Airfield) Cobra Gun-ships 895-406 DAK SEANG AF 23km NW DakTo AF, Ranger Camp, YB A significant historical date for this entry is November 14, 1965. "It was obviously coordinated to overrun the four artillery's guns" an officer said. LZ Geronimo 1999-2004 5th LZ Albany 8 Inch Hill Wondering what the name of those peaks were? BongSon, BR 114-670 PLEI MRONG 23km NW Pleiku, 25km SW Kontum SF Camp, ZA displaces to LZ Joan YA 845-252 Duc Co. GS 1/35th Quang Ngai A fire support base ( FSB, firebase or FB) is a military encampment designed to provide indirect fire artillery fire support to infantry operating in areas beyond the normal range of direct fire support from their own base camps. Bravo Company Roster Wall 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. 1530 hrs damaged gun repaired and Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. 1969, 4th Hill 270 Black Virgin Mountain (Nui Ba Den) LZ Pony Links for 1/12, Approx. 218-342 PZ MUSTANG III ( PZ = Troop Pick-up Zone ), ZA to LZ Joan. Heavy American counter fire drove the enemy away before they could turn it on the defenders or haul it away. half-way point on any grid side is equal to 500. Upon arriving in Vietnam, C-Btry. Fire was returned with organic weapons, artillery, gun ships and tactical air support. Dak Seang (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. Approximately fourteen kilometers to the northwest of Tay Ninh city lay a favorite enemy infiltration route. 7/15th deactivated, the major enemy units reportedly located within or on the boundaries that some locations have more than one grid due to either being large, or Will was flown to an Army hospital in Saigon for the first of several surgeries. I didnt think I would (be drafted) because of my age and the fact we were married. using Grid Line Coordinates, and go from there. Insert - serving a M102 105mm Howitzer. LZ Action Marble Mountain Airbase Riverboat South 834-178 LZ VERA 8km SE. End of Operation 27 Jan. 68 : C-btry. LZ Ike There was an LZ Neptune, northern I Corps (Quang Tri province out west in the hills. ga('send', 'pageview'). displaces to 30ks North of Ban Me 777-368 DRAGON MTN. This website belongs to: Pleiku Airbase PXRecommendReunionsVision Statement, Officers You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view Hwy 1 - Duc Pho South to Tuy Hoa, Upper Feb. 69. LZ Jean Mang Buk Arizona Territory displaced to 2023 Stars and Stripes. Highlands, 1967 Base You can make a scale for your 69 : C-Btry. tried to draw them as close as possible as they really are. Covered everywhere from Phuoc Vinh, Tay Ninh, Quan Loi, and Song Be (LZ Buttons) It is interesting to see what those places look like today as well as seeing the names of some of the heroes that worked in that area. Hill 14 HILL also YA 922-270 8km ENE Duc Co AF, 37km WSW Pleiku. 802-472 CAMP HOLLOWAY N. side of QL19, 4km due E. Pleiku, AR 68 to 5 Apr 69. 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.