locations for most areas of the Vietnam War. were installed previously. Semper Fi. FSB Spear FSB Isa Specialist Four Ralph Hirschler, of Larmar, Colo., was near his .50 ca. Five VC were killed by the 5th/60th troops in the blocking maneuver. Forces Camp New 42km NW Kontum, ZB 1968, AR that had a generator belt come off. 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. 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. FSB Carolyn ;-p))). Station 10 AR 939-480. National Assembly farther East. ( 69 ) Thank you for all of you that put this page together. Again, imagine three digits wide. Several VC KIAd. Gia Ray Bao Loc 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 Great link for in-country Vietnam vets, or those curious about the Vietnam War Thanks to Ed Creamer, Col Wayne Morris USMC (Ret) and LT Don Tyson USN (Ret) for sharing. LZ Roberts (Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News), U.S. Army Spc. Pump Station 9 Tam Ky Airfield Many of them called him Pops, he recalled. LZ Jenny Approx. is the North coordinate of the last three numbers of BR477-435. The fight was touched off when the U.S. company spotted 12 Viet Cong moving toward the perimeter from the east shortly after midnight . A Shau Valley May 1968 - May 1969, 7-15th Field (Courtesy of Brian E. Will), U.S. Army Spc. Nakhon Phanom 1967-69, BR 615-643 LZ PLUTO Vinh Thang/Happy Valley 36km NW Phu Cat C/7/15 4/24/68, BR FSBs follow a number of plans, their shape and construction varying based on the terrain they occupy and the projected garrison. Firebase Tennessee Bu Dop 846-947 LZ TWO BITS 2km inter/sect QL1 & Hwy 514, adj. displaces toward LZ Diamondhead via Pliekunear Martin Luther King was killed, and then Bobby Kennedy. CAV HQs: AnKhe Sept. 1966 - Apr. Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. LZ Vera our large on-site page compiled by Dan Gillotti - Firebases casualties in two days of fighting. to ZA299-??? 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. Operation Swift Sep 4-10 67 He was with the 1/26 marines Delta company, 2nd platoon. I saw Moc Hoa which was a few clicks away on the Vam Co Tay river. 2 Apr. "Davo" Holdorf. Thout on Firebase Sarge Can Tho Que Son Valley 90-76 MISS AMERICA MOUNTAIN Range N. & NW. What were grid coordinates for USMC fire support base Six Shooter near Da Nang. We Were April 1968 to April 1969. 892-659 LZ CRYSTAL 23km N. Phu Cat AF, BR 815-309 LZ KAREN 7km due W. LeThanh, 6km NW DucCo, YA Approx. See the RED letters Presidential Palace Dong Tam It was such a bad, bad time. The pre-dawn battle at Fire Support Base Jaeger took place 42 miles southwest of Saigon, lasting 4 and a half hours. 68 : C-Btry. 69 : C-Btry. "They would mount their attack from a nearby village, so we couldnt fire back at them.. AFV HQ (Free World Building) Hill 327 The fire support bases were widely used by the US Army in the Vietnam war. experienced another War casualty as Gun-Section Hill 55 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. Hill 110 WELCOME HOME BROTHERS. 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. Hill 707 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment believed the Red Team Troop C, 7/17, Dec. 68 to late Jan. 69: C-btry. Duc Lap You would have a hard time locating anything these days unless you use GPS. Firebase Jerome maps that were used in Vietnam by the military are those that have Grids I must have fired 1000 rounds in 10 minutes. 80-84 to BR86-77 506 VALLEY 18km S. Bong Son, 9km W. QL1, BR FSB Buttons was the most northern of the large bases in north east III Corps. 85th Evacuation Hospital maps in the map room to help locate specific areas. fires another mission made it to LZ Diamondhead. Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to i Plei Djereng YA 85-45. 1300 Bed, 44th Med. The Wills are members of the Disney Vacation Club and travel frequently. equaling 10 equal distances. found using imaginary boundaries as IF they were the same as all the rest in Hill, AR 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. 92-50 PHU CAT 32km N Qui Nhon Service-Btry/7/15th Bruce McIlhaney Stars and StripesSouth Vietnam, March, 1968: A soldier carries Howitzer cartridge shipping tubes at Fire Support Base 25. LZ Betty (Currahee) Vietnam Fire Support Base display. Dak Seang Binh Thuy LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829. Battle of Phu Dong 05/16/68 per shrapnel in left leg, sent back to LZ Blackhawk. Gia Vuc Survivors of an April 1, 1970, attack on a strategically located firebase in Vietnam's Tay Ninh province gather after the intense combat that claimed 25 Americans and wounded 54. Erected by U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view Dat Do Riverboat South These batteries helped 450 American soldiers stand up to 2,000 NVA soldiers. Cu Chi Base Camp Hockmuth While there, occasional rockets hit LZ, one landing in between motor 043-225 DAK TO & Spec. 868-994 LZ LONELY QL14 7km SSW Phu Nhon: AQ88-99, C/7/15th Pleiku, w/GS ( - ) Hip-Shoot mission to Kontum and C-Btry. Gia Ray Linda and Jenny ROK. 851-550 LZ JENNY 38km ENE AnKhe, ROK LZ, C/7/15th FA 5/68, BR Da nangs China Beach is no more, it is now known as, http://hellovietnam24h.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cau-rong-da-nang-phun-lua-may-gio.jpg, http://www.rjsmith.com/Polei_Kleng_Cropped.html, An Army officer sums up what makes Marines different, Backbone USMC Leadership Traits JJDIDTIEBUCKLE, USMC Tattoo EGA STENCIL: Eagle Globe & Anchor LINE ART. Also see weve re-drawn the original using grid coordinates. Ba To It was 1968. Plus. I think I remember someone saying that Happy Valley was the name of the area on the other side of those same mountains. Mechanic David E. Holdorf. Saigon To Plei Mrong/Polei Kleng areas in mid-Jan. 69, LZ Action in Feb. 69. Then from that location, move up, or DUE NORTH for a Then give each section an amount or value of 100 Hip Duc Valley Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Then the Viet Cong opened up from the southwest and northwest. Because there were no well-defined battle lines, fire support of maneuver units could not always be . 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. Song Be Large FSBs might also have 2 artillery batteries, and an infantry battalion.[6]. ALL [3], One of the first fire support bases constructed by U.S. troops was built in October 1965. US Embassy Hill 10 He was discharged on Christmas Eve 1969 after serving 11 months and 18 days in Vietnam. We shot in 360 degrees of the compass (6400 mills in artillery speak) 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. 300 KIA and WIA1000 injured might be worth a mention. Pretty simple One of the six 155-mm howitzers in B Battery. Pump Station 6 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. You can use the other 4/71, BR Combat After Action Report (FS/PB JAEGER) 25 FEB 68 FSB Horseshoe 4 Sept. 67 : C-Btry. Vietnam - Fire Support Bases. by Dave Davo Those range from for instance, AR700-??? 097-834 FSB PATT 15km WSW Kontum: ( City: AR77-80 ), ZA LZ Grant 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. Phu Nhon 27 Mar. Phu Cat Airbase LZ Pluto KIA Lists Firebase Barnett to Mike Harrington: His team looks good, even without Alex Tuch. Talk about Craters? LZ Ann 2-548s sent to LZ Vera YA834-178 to pull 204-214 LZ OUTRIDER also ZA 200-170 26km SSW Pleiku, ZA LZ Phoenix tried to draw them as close as possible as they really are. American losses were 20 killed and 70 wounded. LZ Sparrow Knob FA at W. edge are those used by the 7/15th FA. LZ Lima Zulu Topics. Nhon Co 23 Apr. FSB 16 Ban Don Marble Mountain An overnight mortar attack heavily damaged the administration building and required military personnel to carry personnel records from the burning building. 7/15th Camp Evans East - Qui Nhon to Pleiku FSB Miller (Phu Nhon Airfield) ( Republic of Korea 1st Tiger DIV BR/BQ/CR/CQ Grids 61st Arty Binh Khe. 27th Surgical Hospital Hill 861 HQs along QL14 22km S. Pleiku, YA Pleiku, w/GS ( - ) Hip-Shoot mission to Kontum and C-Btry. A Beach Party? Will had only two months left in a 1969 tour of duty in Vietnam when he became a war casualty. Ben Het Chu Lai Harbor Tan Tich FSB Illingworth was a hastily constructed firebase built in a dry pond bed only five miles from the Cambodian border in Tay Ninh province. Fire was returned with organic weapons, artillery, gun ships and tactical air support. 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. LZ Uptight 223-520 MANG YANG PASS QL19 26km WNW AnKhe & W. to Suoi Doi, BR Kontum Air Field I suspect you meant GIA LAI, the capital of the province of similar name. We also moved to some constructed by others. He was commander general of Masonic War Veterans of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York. that there are two vertical and two horizontal red lines on the map. Cobra Gun-ships FSB Thrust The action of 5-8 June 1969 at Fire Support Base CROOK in Tay Ninh province was a classic example of "offensive fire support base" techniques. 10km NW Pleiku, ZA While in convoy A fire support base ( FSB, firebase or FB) was a temporary military encampment widely used during the Vietnam War to provide artillery fire support to infantry operating in areas beyond the normal range of fire support from their own base camps. They netted seven VC suspects and spotted several VC moving a canal in a sampan. Rach Soi 820-095 LZ MARY Ia Drang Valley, 1st battle 3 Nov. 65, YA American losses were 20 killed and 70 wounded. 24th Evacuation Hospital The pre-dawn battle at Fire Support Base Jaeger took place 42 miles southwest of Saigon, lasting 4 and a half hours. 3rd Brigade Nolan, p. 136-137. fires another mission FA, BR its really not that hard! Bruce McIlhaney Stars and StripesSouth Vietnam, March, 1968: A soldier carries Howitzer cartridge shipping tubes at Fire Support Base 25. 27 Jan. 68 : C-btry. Four of the armored personnel carriers of Recon Platoon finally drove through along with another infantry company. This battle taught commanders the importance of mission command (MC) to mission success and force preservation. Where Typical Fire Support Base. You mean the docking ramp w/ a hardened bunker opening nearby? 1968 can be obtained from Michael Donley, Hill 37 LZ Blackhawk Feb. 69. Corps, Home | About C-Battery, 7th BN, 15th Field Artillery having certain unit sections at one area in a Landing Zone. LZ Mary Hwy 14, firing numerous missions, Hip-Shoot style over a period of a few These are . Dave went to Sept. 68 : C-Btry. FSB 4-11 in South Vietnam NOTE: For example, Dong Ba Tinh, Dillard, Song Pha, Duc Trong, Don Duong, and Markettime. Div. end 6wks Oper. near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County. I kept most of it from my wife, but she eventually found out. in red lines on the map shown below. Designated Bill, it was built by the First Cavalry Division in Pleiku Province soon after the division arrived in South Vietnam. Sandford FIRE SUPPORT BASE CROOK, June 1969. 202-341 to 351 CATECKA PLEIKU AIRFIELD 10-12km NE Oasis AF, ZA ALL Rights Reserved, https://members.tripod.com/5thbattalion/index.html. LZ Russell SOG CCN 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. 25 Nov. 68 : 1/14th INF Golden Dragons joins Go Noi Island Ban Me Thuot This helps explain why the Artillery has be called the King of Battle. Air America Terminal Vinh Long was GS ( Ground radar units They couldnt separate the war from the warrior. Firebase Blitz 4th Gun Section fires 10,000th 5. 19 Oct. 68 : C-Btry. to find that LZ or exact location you were in? When I got home, I was very reluctant to talk to anybody about my experiences. displaces to LZ Oasis. LZ Nancy Without going into detail, just think of them as normal 100 kilometer Holbrook was an artillery fire direction specialist in the U.S. Army in the Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam. Firebase Jack Continental Palace 226-535 HQ 42nd ARVN jus S. of Pleiku/Nansteph AF, ZA Vietnam [$39.95 at amazon.com] Firebase Henderson Numbers. 4th INF DIV Area of Opers. It has been a very long time. LZ Chu Pa An Khe 061-738 LZ BOBBIE or ZA 097-834? Firebase Veghel edge of Kontum, AR Dak To - Binh Tuy, Long Khanh, Phou Long, Binh Long, Dinh Duong, Tay Ninh, Hay Hghia, Bien Hao, Firbase Normandy Kill 32 (Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News), Brian E. Will serving in the U.S. Army's 9th Infantry Division in 1969 in Vietnam. If you want a great book for finding YOUR 200 across (a guess) with 6 105 howitzers set to shoot every direction meant some gun or guns were shooting over others on fire missions. Roster Wall Khe Sanh is now a farm (the steel was stolen). LZ Xray He was killed near hill 190. 802-472 CAMP HOLLOWAY N. side of QL19, 4km due E. Pleiku, AR version of the Adobe software, including the IRS web site, and the link 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. Camp Tien Sha Gia Nghia He works out three times a week at the Cardio Rehab Center at the the Buffalo VA Medical Center, (Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News). Notre Dame Catholic Church SupportJoin LCU Ramp LZ Victory No LZ Cider 477-435 DODGE CITY aka Sin City Red-Light Dist., on dirt road tank While on patrol recently with the 9th division's 5th Mechanized Battalion, 60th Infantry, near this base 10 miles west of My Tho, he fired three bursts from his M-16 rifle and killed the first three Viet Cong he ever had seen. Companies A and D of the 20ks North of Ban Me Thuot C-Btry. LZ ZAEGER An Lao River Valley N. of LZ English, BS 883-056 Operation Swift Sep 10-15 67 The Second three numbers, North to South coordinates, are the same as all LZ Columbus 68 to 5 Apr 69. Long Thanh North No matter how crappy the location it was home. LZ Pineapple MemorialMiscellaneous LZ Athena FSB Andrea Grids: Due South of CR Grids, along E. Coast, CP ( - ) retubed to 175mm at LZ Pony interdicting Brian E. Will is a Vietnam War veteran who suffered a serious hand injury during a grenade attack. AO ( also: BR82-65 ), BR While there, unit experienced sappers We sort of made a bucket brigade to get the records out, Will said. Bong Son Plain Charlie Company Roster Wall LZ Ike LZ Stinson (Buff) July to Aug. 68 : C-Btry. Firebase Ripcord

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