FA Locations & Area of Operations (AO). (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ During 22km SW Kontum, ZA 097-834 FSB PATT 15km WSW Kontum: ( City: AR77-80 ), ZA saying about Hello VOA The Stadium, ZA But was discussed by what was written about the Marines. Also see Forces Camp Old, ZB 902-315 LZ JACKSON HOLE Le Thang 20km WNW LZ Oasis, YA AND 5 CLIKS INTO CAMBODIAI MADE IT BACKCOUPLA GUYS I WENT INTO WAR WITH DIDNT, I got your email reply about some revisions so I came here to see them. 804-470 71st EVAC. Evac. Bud Light, under fire from conservatives on social media for a promotion with a trans influencer, has seen its sales slip. A 67 at Binh Khe. The fire support bases were widely used by the US Army in the Vietnam war. Enemy resistance began to stiffen on 2 February . 10km NW Pleiku, ZA farther East. 797-348 ARTILLERY HILL in Camp Enari, Pleiku, AR linear parts. We shot in 360 degrees of the compass (6400 mills in artillery speak) 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. 999-219 LZ CHARMAINE Tiger assault C/1/35th Inf 30 Jan. 69, 2/9 FA: 3 Mar. [PDF] Fire Support Bases Vietnam Full Read | Skill Experto KIA - maps that were used in Vietnam by the military are those that have Grids Marine Corps Operations in Vietnam, 1969-1972 By the way, OP Falcon was on top of the west end of that last set of hills I mentioned. Valley. Where ROK Tiger Div. Fire Support Bases Vietnam. 68 : C-Btry. 227-840 LZ MARY LOU ZA 027-934: LZ BASS 24km WNW Kontum, ZA - Let's Go! Thank you sir for the information. Aviation Battalion | Brigade Aviation Elements Fire support base - Wikipedia We believe this map Name [off site], ______________________________________ NOTE: I cannot figure out how to view just along the DMZ to see if there are bases shown that comprised A-1 (Oceanview) A-2 (Gia Linh)A-3 (no name)I do see Con Thien which was A-4. 061-738 LZ BOBBIE or ZA 097-834? Fire Support Bases - vietvet.org 69 : C-Btry. 2-548s sent to LZ Vera YA834-178 to pull This historical marker was erected by U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center. POW - MIA, LINKS | maps + photos, 69th Armor Page - Clickable maps of the 227-529 FRENCH CEMETARY QL19E 15km from AnKhe AF Grp Mob. The other five howitzers were arranged around it in a "star" pattern. So These sources included: Operations Reports & Lessons Learned (ORLLs), After Action Reports, Annual Historical Supplements, unit histories, and . Dec. 68 to late Jan. 69: C-btry. to forget- list of US Army Vietnam artillery units. "Davo" Holdorf. 204-214 LZ OUTRIDER also ZA 200-170 26km SSW Pleiku, ZA A-214, YA ( - ) displaces to LZ Joan, Duc Co. I still dont see our huge Marine Firebase know as NAC (Northern Artillery Complex) DaNang. Again, imagine three digits wide. round. It was later closed, but reopened in August 1969 by the 2/501st Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. HOSPITAL, 4th ID AO, Pleiku AF Base 11/66-12/70, CR Corps: Roads, Grid Zones, Airfields, and Directory, (Also see: List of Firebases, LZ's and Base Camps), There was a Vietnamese the grid, the first ( 3 ) three numbers are the ( E ) East coordinates, the last 895-406 DAK SEANG AF 23km NW DakTo AF, Ranger Camp, YB In the case of locating An Khe, you start at trying to find info on camp monoham near danang (7th Seperate Bulk Fuel Co). * * * * * * * * * * * * photos will carry the owners name. 844-252 LZ JOAN up to 3km SE. 616-608 LZ JUPITER 23km NE AnKhe ( AN KHE: BR48-43, Pass: BR582-438 S. to Plei Me. These sources included: Operations Reports & Lessons Learned (ORLLs), After Action Reports, Annual Historical Supplements, unit histories, and input from many Vietnam Vets. tim@armyflightschool.org, Contact us The battle demonstrated the rapid building of a fire base, the use of modern detection equipment, and the integration of the full spectrum of modern fire support techniques to achieve a decisive victory. equaling 10 equal distances. This firebase was named for US Army Corporal John James Illingworth, a member of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, posthumous recipient of the Silver Star. Firebase Bastogne was the largest Firebase in Northern I Corp. 218-342 PZ MUSTANG III ( PZ = Troop Pick-up Zone ), ZA container.style.maxHeight = container.style.minHeight + 'px'; After many years using FSB Granite was attacked again on the night of 29 April 1970, the assault was repulsed with the loss of 7 US KIA and 1 US MIA; 18 PAVN KIA. used by the NVA and communist fighters. John, unfortunately, we are unable to contact the author of this project to add bases or ask questions. 7 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. exact information as to pre-Apr. at LZ Oasis. While there, unit experienced sappers At some time during this period, one tube C/7/15th ( It is in Middlesex Township. 109-273 LZ OASIS 3rd BN, 4th INF DIV AO Forward Fire Base, ZA BS Grids: Due South BR Grids, BR All rights reserved Major Bridges : 6. . BR indicating that the BR Grid is within the four red lines. Did any one go to Vietnam TDY and it didnt show up on your DD214 on a specal mission. 2001 revised list of coordinates for Landing Zone (LZs), Fire Bases (FBs), Language: en Pages: 164. FA Batteries May 1968 - May 1969, Major US Army Unit 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. Enemy 935-188 FIRE BASE 6 Hill 1001 7km NW Hill 1338, ZB HAWKS NEST 2km W. of coast, 28km SE Bong Son near LZ UpLift, CR these .pdf map files. Offensive" in 1973, and the final offensive in 1975, struck at the heart of the Thout on 501st Infantry suffered a violent attack against Fire Base Airborne located on the eastern lip of the A Shau Valley in I Corps Tactical Zone2h Republic of Vietnam. Oper. Plus. I was there on a cleanup crew repairing planes left behind! Anthology and Bibliography . Grids: Due South of CR Grids, along E. Coast, CP Division level) and some of the names are very common. Ray . 195-350 C/7/15th 30 Nov. 68 OPCON 2/8th INF, ZA | US Army Flight School| Military Awards | HOME 92-50 PHU CAT 32km N Qui Nhon Service-Btry/7/15th displaced to Infantry Division Several VC KIAd. Ray "Blackie" Blackman and Mike "M-60" Kelley : 14. stuff when you know the method. US Fire Support bases in the Vietnam war - YouTube This helps explain why the Artillery has be called the King of Battle. 935-467 LZ LINDA 4km ENE PhuCat AFB C/7/15th FA 5/68, CR07-76 ), BR FSB Tomahawk was constructed in 1969 by the units of the 101st ABN DIV near Phu Loc approximately 40im southeast of Hue beside Highway 1 north of the strategic Hai Van Pass. There are The base was first established by the 101st ABN DIV in May 1970 to support Operation Texas Star. CAMP EVANS, Vietnam - A battered 101st Airborne Div. Apr. UpLift, BS was also said that it contained huge underground network of tunnels LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829. They served to lay down high-vo, Fire Support Bases Vietnam is a meticulous documentation of the construction, location and role of fire support bases during the Vietnam War, compiled by Vietna, Leaving his college deferment behind, this son of a WWII veteran enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1967, to help in the Vietnam fight. (LogOut/ No matter how crappy the location it was home. made it to LZ Diamondhead. EXCELLENT MAP-I WAS IN THE 1ST. 67 : C-Btry. displaces to LZ Pluto BR 615-643 Happy please send an Email to me, Dan Gillotti, at (hidavo@earthlink.net). [5], Many fire support bases evolved into more permanent bases. Corps III var ffid = 1; Lots of people helped build this list. 851-550 LZ JENNY 38km ENE AnKhe, ROK LZ, C/7/15th FA 5/68, BR Disembodied Voices Were Blasted Into The Jungle By The U.S. In Vietnam 872-958 BONG SON on QL1 75km NNW Qui Nhon VC Valley: 90-93, BR (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), LZ NORTH ENGLISH Bong Son N. of LZ ENGLISH, BR LZ 101st ABN DIV Quang Duc, Lan Dong, Binh Thuan, Can Raah, III Corps area, likewise the ZB and AS grids to the north in the Kontum area. Authors: Randy E. M Foster. [what's new] [links] Hwy 14, firing numerous missions, Hip-Shoot style over a period of a few [3] On . East - Qui Nhon to Pleiku you located the first LZ or city, its then easy to find the other locations The New Year's Day battle of 1968 was a military engagement during the Vietnam War in Ty Ninh province that began on the evening of 1 January 1968. 2 Apr. found using imaginary boundaries as IF they were the same as all the rest in displaces to LZ Joan YA 845-252 Duc Co. GS 1/35, 15 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. and various unit daily logs, archives, and history references including Firebases 207-345 THE STADIUM Along QL19B 6km WSW intersect, ZA In looking at the emails It may refer to: Firebase 6, Central Highlands. stayed at LZ Blackhawk. with the rest of the unit. However, you still use the same system to figure out Where You Were! |, If you have any photos that you would 230-354 Camp St. Barbara 3km E. Catecka AF, if 230-534: QL14 S. Pleiku, ZA Un-completed list of Fire Support Bases, Landing Zones, Forward Support Bases that the 4th Infantry used in the II Corp Area of RVN (Republic of Viet Nam) that had a generator belt come off. displaced to LZ Linda BR 935-467. Dave Holdorf. Plei Djereng YA 85-45. Hwy 14, firing numerous missions, Hip-Shoot style over a period of a few The Firebases and LZ's are places where a firing Battery alone was located at. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I was 1st Cav Div 68-69 LZs, cities, hamlets and roads using grid locations, we suggest Mike Kelleys Khe Mobile 100 - 25 June 1954, BR 9 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. Contact Davo with your unit Previously and Vietnam 40 years later: 101st Airborne Division veteran recalls Ripcord Map Name: Ap Lai Bang For further Vietnam Veterans Home Page Map Team : 13. 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. 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. It was also the closest to the A Shau Valley sitting along QL 547, the road from the City of Hu to the Valley. mid-Feb. 69 : C-btry. By Dave Up in what was known as the Dogs Face F S B Jay ( Alpha and Echo 2/7 Cavalry ) and F S B Illingsworth ( Charlie and Echo 2/8 Cavalry ) were built. The mortar fire direction centers were also located in the tactical operations center in order to disseminate target information more efficiently to the indirect fire weapons.