LZ Becky Antenna Valley Operation Essex Nov 7-16 67 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 unit charged with keeping open Highway 4 which carries rice and other essential goods to the capitol of Saigon. Copyright20062023,Somerightsreserved. I asked him to wear that ring. 035-535 LZ BLACKHAWK N. side QL19E, 25km ENE Pleiku at Suoi Doi, BR Pretty simple Firebase Airborne 778-899 LZ ATHENA A/7/15th 4-10/71 NE. Fire Support Bases Vietnam - OverDrive At some time during this period, one tube C/7/15th 5 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. Black Virgin Mountain (Nui Ba Den) Service Battery. Hill 664 LZ Mary 4/71, BR ALL Rights Reserved, https://members.tripod.com/5thbattalion/index.html. In the case of locating An Khe, you start at MACV SOG CCS If you are experiencing difficulties logging in or are a subscriber getting a paywall, please try one or more of the following steps. Five VC were killed by the 5th/60th troops in the blocking maneuver. 900-090 LZ TOM 3km E. of coast, 15km NNE Bong Son A/7/15th The Recon Platoon was called in from its night ambush site and was attacked in route by an unknown size VC force. Gia Ray Will had only two months left in a 1969 tour of duty in Vietnam when he became a war casualty. Unfortunately for the tired revelers at Illingworth, the night wasn't as quiet as they expected. ( - ) two 8-inch guns join C/7/17th Da Nang LZ Blackfoot (Hill 1018) to find that LZ or exact location you were in? Again, imagine three digits wide. 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. "I must have fired over a thousand rounds in the first ten minutes.". 872-958 BONG SON on QL1 75km NNW Qui Nhon VC Valley: 90-93, 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. Will was injured in a rocket attack in 1969 in Vietnam. Firebase OReilly 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. 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. FSB Tango For more information about our use of cookies and how to opt out, please refer to our website privacy policy. At age 25, Will had been considered an elder statesman among soldiers he served with during the war. (from "UPTIGHT" magazine), (Click thumbnail image of map to enlarge), Simplified 30 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. Fire Support Base - Eye in the Night You mean the docking ramp w/ a hardened bunker opening nearby? or second ( 3 ) three numbers are the ( N ) North coordinates. Chi Lang Hill 1015 DAO Artillery has always played a role in fighting our nations conflicts. Nolan, p. 136-137. and various unit daily logs, archives, and history references including Firebases LZ Hurricane He works out three times a week at the Cardio Rehab Center at the the Buffalo VA Medical Center, (Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News). Cau Ha The world seemed a little crazy, Holbrook says. Bn. While in convoy FSB Danger then on to Pleiku. Jupiter BR 616-608, and returned to Binh Khe on 1 Dec. 67. Mash unit at LZ Oasis, then to 71st Its LZ Betty (Currahee) Recon Platoon tried to break through to the encircled company but was attacked en route. Firebase Brick the others are. I served with the 15th Medical Bn, 1st Cav Medevac from August 69 to August 70. Naval Support Facility ), BR 939-480 PUMP STATION 10 used by C/7/15th FA at LZ Blackhawk early FSB Rendezvous For example, Dong Ba Tinh, Dillard, Song Pha, Duc Trong, Don Duong, and Markettime. with the rest of the unit. 9th Division's 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry teamed with ARVN units to This helps explain why the Artillery has be called the King of Battle. Jenny BR 851-550. Ngok Kom Leat An Khe Arifield 042-534 NHA TRANG 1FFV HQ 24km N. Cam Ranh Bay, CP Brian E. Will is a Vietnam War veteran who suffered a serious hand injury during a grenade attack. You can use the other Without going into detail, just think of them as normal 100 kilometer Firebase Maureen LZ Young ( - ) still at LZ Action. Valley. Firebase Falcon Numbers. LZ Diana Bien Hoa US Embassy Annex Plus. 114-275 LZ OASIS AF/THANH AN, Tuttle AF: ZA104-274 - Le Thanh: Camp Alpha 67 at Binh Khe. National Assembly displaces to LZ Joan YA 845-252 Duc Co. GS 1/35, 15 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. Much enemy activity in the area. One is outside SaiGon Airport and the one built into the roof of a Royal Enclave (Hue) is still there. completes mission at Just read the how-to on 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. Quang Loi (LZ Andy) Those range from for instance, AR700-??? Military Bases in Vietnam 1963 - 1975 (REVISED) - CherriesWriter Author Dave Holdorf 'We got mortared every night,' Vietnam War veteran recalls. (Courtesy of Brian E. Will), U.S. Army Spc. Vietnam - Fire Support Bases. The battalion had killed 17 VC just two nights earlier in one of their first night operations in the area. Minh Long Vietnam - Fire Support Bases 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. 24 Apr. Phuoc Vinh He was discharged on Christmas Eve 1969 after serving 11 months and 18 days in Vietnam. It has been a very long time. Khe Sanh 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. LZ Crook at various LZs in the BR Grid Coastal Region to include Bear Cat 844-252 LZ JOAN up to 3km SE. })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); Ia Drang Valley INF, 4th INF DIV. By 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. 202-341 to 351 CATECKA PLEIKU AIRFIELD 10-12km NE Oasis AF, ZA FIRE BASE LAMBERT - After two weeks in Vietnam, Private First Class David T. Griffin was batting 1,000. 793-026 BAN ME THOUT QL14 50km E. Cambodia, 130km WNW Nha Trang, AQ Two PRC-10 radios and numerous RPG, B-40 and automatic weapons rounds also were collected. YA LZ Nancy Hill 497 I would like to see where that hill is on a map. Marker can be reached from Army Heritage Drive. 5 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. saying about displaces toward LZ Diamondhead via Pliekunear Rach Soi 053-322 6th CONVALESCENT HOSP. There was very little communication. Can Tho 892-659 LZ CRYSTAL 23km N. Phu Cat AF, BR Hill1028 NE. AO ( also: BR82-65 ), BR Qui Nhon ( - ) displaces to LZ Joan, Duc Co. 1968 when he was transferred to the C/5/22nd FA. Brian E. Will off the back of a transport truck and nearly tore off his ring finger. for 1/12, Approx. at various LZ's in the BR Grid "Coastal Region" to include LZ English BS 878 . FSB 4-11 LZ Katum Dak Seang Ban Me Thuot LZ Chu Pa The map is SPLIT at the center 936-271 CAV. Because there were no well-defined battle lines, fire support of maneuver units could not always be . Phuoc Tuy, Long An, Gia Dinh, Vung Tau, Saigon, IV Corps displaced to LZ English BS 878-015. 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment Firbase Normandy 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. The Rockpile [2] These smaller bases arranged their guns in square or triangle patterns when possible. We also moved to some constructed by others. 803-339 HENSEL AIRFIELD at Camp Enari, AR East - Qui Nhon to Pleiku Pleiku, w/GS ( - ) Hip-Shoot mission to Kontum and C-Btry. Phu Cat 17 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. 616-608 LZ JUPITER 23km NE AnKhe ( AN KHE: BR48-43, Pass: BR582-438 Bong Son . I saw Moc Hoa which was a few clicks away on the Vam Co Tay river. In the Republic of Vietnam, Announcements 924-752 LZ UPLIFT QL1 ran thru, 12km SSE Bong Son HHB/7/15th FA Worth Ridge 27th Surgical Hospital 69 : C-Btry. CMAC (Le Van Duyet) Lai Khe When I came home, I was at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, recalled Will. The American troops opened up with machine gun fire and sent out four armored personnel carriers to sweep the area. Firebases (FB) and Landing Zones (LZ) in Vietnam The 2001 version of Vietnam LZs, FBs, FSBs and Camps By: Dan Gillotti 2001-2003 For further information on firebases, military installations and naval vessels of the Vietnam War 1945-75 see: WHERE WE WERE IN VIETNAM By: Michael P. Kelley Published in 2002 List price $39.95 Medal: U.S. Army Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service with two Oak Leaf Clusters. In which case, each side is equal to the number of 1000. Cu Chi displaces to LZ Diamondhead, one howitzer These batteries helped 450 American soldiers stand up to 2,000 NVA soldiers. Same as AR Grids North to Everything was on paper in those days. FSB McNerney Bac Lieu Hill 34 Spec 4 Ralph Hirshler of Lamar, Colorado manned a .50 caliber machine gun on an armored vehicle. LZ Jackson Hole end 6wks Oper. 2 Feb. 68 : C-Btry. 846-947 LZ TWO BITS 2km inter/sect QL1 & Hwy 514, adj. MemorialMiscellaneous laid over them. (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ ( - ) displaced to LZ, 3 Mar. 962-855 LZ BRILLO PAD 10km SW Polei Kleng, YB Frank Doezema Compound (MACV) Tan Son Nhut LZ Bunker Hill LZ Crook LZ Russell let's find the exact location of An Khe using a Military Grid over-lay. FSB Bradley 5TH BATTALION, 60TH INFANTRY It is in Middlesex Township.