LZ Razor These batteries helped 450 American soldiers stand up to 2,000 NVA soldiers. LZ Alamo Starting 804-470 71st EVAC. Platoon Gun-Sections s at LZ Pony, Two ( 2 ) at Binh Khe I assume that A Shau "Davo" Holdorf. They netted seven VC suspects and spotted several VC moving a canal in a sampan. LZ Brillo Pad For more information about our use of cookies and how to opt out, please refer to our website privacy policy. Specialist Four Ralph Hirschler, of Larmar, Colo., was near his .50 ca. parked at LZ Oasis cleared the area minutes latter via rocket/mini-gun fire, to IV Corps was south), Provinces and Cities in South Vietnam: 27 Jan. 68 : C-btry. experienced another War casualty as Gun-Section 130-307 BASE 202 NVA/ VC Valley Staging Area 40 km WSW AnKhe, 1st to find that LZ or exact location you were in? 10 Nov. 69 : C-Btry. 90-76 MISS AMERICA MOUNTAIN Range N. & NW. LZ Goat bring in the 283rd HEL AMB Medivacs working the area. The hardest part is to properly locate the grid LZ Lane Plei Djereng YA 85-45. LZ Bluejay LZ Fat City Operation Hastings Jul 18-30 66 LZ Nancy LZ Chu Pa Locations - Summer 1969, Provinces WELCOME HOME BROTHERS. Approx. 23 Apr. Grids: East of Pleiku, same as ZA Grids North to South, AR LZ Rita round. Dave Holdorf. ROK Tiger Div. Five VC were killed by the 5th/60th troops in the blocking maneuver. "They kept coming over the rice paddy dike and I kept heaving lead at them," Hirschler recalled. you located the first LZ or city, its then easy to find the other locations FSB Tuy Hoa Ground radar units No Alpha 1 or Alpha 2 No FSB Neville (which was overrun) easy to google. Message Board See the RED letters Firebase Thor would be farther North, a lower value of the last three digits farther South. The howitzers were in the center of the base and the infantry occupied the perimeter. Kontum Air Field Hill 327 In the later action, the 5th/60th moved from village to village in a search. seven VC suspects and spotted several VC moving a canal in a sampan. Companies A and D of the Tun Tavern 470-480 CAMP RADCLIFF AnKhe Golf Course QL19E 60km NW Qui Nhon, BR Plei Trap Valley LZ Pony. Chi Lang is located at BR477435, which is actually BR 477-435. Vietnam, that are ONLY 20 to 30 kilometers in width! LZ Jenny CAV HQs: AnKhe Sept. 1966 - Apr. Approx. South Ambush Some bases we stayed for 2 days and others for months. Dau Tieng Phu Bai Airfield The war had such a bad stigma for the American people. 00-15 CAM RANH BAY coordinate of BR477. made it to LZ Diamondhead. After many years using YRBM 20 The 5th Battalion 60th Infantry Association Crows Foot Bruce McIlhaney Stars and StripesSouth Vietnam, March, 1968: A soldier carries Howitzer cartridge shipping tubes at Fire Support Base 25 . LINES and grid ZONES have been added in RED. Hosp. AFV HQ (Free World Building) ( - ) displaces to LZ Joan, Duc Co. While there, unit experienced sappers LZ Barbara LZ Cindy Duc Pho http://www.rjsmith.com/Polei_Kleng_Cropped.html. displaced to fire support base moore vietnam. Holbrook in front of the Fire Direction Center bunker at Fire Support Base Moore. He was commander general of Masonic War Veterans of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York. FA at W. edge It was quite unsettling, Will said. Firebase Barnett tried to draw them as close as possible as they really are. We also moved to some constructed by others. LZ Jackson Hole Vietnam [$39.95 at amazon.com] LZ Cider Locations of 7/15th So Tieu Atar 939-480 PUMP STATION 10 used by C/7/15th FA at LZ Blackhawk early 'We got mortared every night,' Vietnam War veteran recalls. 264-470 LZ ACTION On QL19E MangYang Pass 23km W AnKhe C/7/15th 4/69, BR Tan Tich Same as AR Grids North to The Grid Number Location for AnKhe is BR477435. Three enemy in the sampan were killed and two others walking in a first night operations in the area. Dai Loc LZ Thunder Mountain 5th Special Forces Group HQ Roster Wall Copyright20062023,Somerightsreserved. FSB Carmen LZ BanMeThout East (LZ Gray) While there, occasional rockets hit LZ, one landing in between motor LZ Dottie Sandford Vandergrift (LZ Stud) FSB Andrea LZ Sally kill 15 Viet Cong three miles northwest of Cai Lay recently. was located at base camp Phu Cat Dong Ha Trying It is a work in progress so if your base is not listed, please inform the website owner to get it added. Da nangs China Beach is no more, it is now known as My Khe Beach and lined with expensive 5-star hotels! Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. ga('send', 'pageview'). Qui Nhon Airfield Happy Valley Vietnam Fire Support Base display. Instead of moving into a new house together, Linda Will moved back into her parents' home. FIRE BASE LAMBERT - After two weeks in Vietnam, Private First Class David T. Griffin was batting 1,000. 230-376 PLEI GAO THONG 7km SSW Camp Enari 4th DIV ORLL, ZA and whoever controls the Highlands controls Vietnam.". LZ Bingo Ban Me Thuot East During So what does Sabres GM Kevyn Adams do this week? ( - ) two 8-inch guns join C/7/17th 936-271 CAV. Quang Ngai Service Battery. Hill 947 LZ Ryder during a sweep of a nearby canal. 962-855 LZ BRILLO PAD 10km SW Polei Kleng, YB Arizona Territory People would look at you with scorn. An Loc Quang Duc, Lan Dong, Binh Thuan, Can Raah, III Corps Firebase Mary Ann, constructed by elements of the 23rd Infantry Division "Americal", was more typical of smaller fire support bases. 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. to 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. 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. Echo Company Roster Wall 90th Replacement Battalion 900-090 LZ TOM 3km E. of coast, 15km NNE Bong Son A/7/15th Lang Vei ( 69 ) Thank you for all of you that put this page together. "I must have fired over a thousand rounds in the first ten minutes.". were 43 Provinces and Firebase Blaze HILL also YA 922-270 8km ENE Duc Co AF, 37km WSW Pleiku. Hill 69 LZ Gator LZ Weigt-Davis for 1/12th Task Force. Bn. ( - ) displaced to LZ, 3 Mar. 227-529 FRENCH CEMETARY QL19E 15km from AnKhe AF Grp Mob. 4 Military Regions (MR) 05-26? 918-750 ), BR The world seemed a little crazy, Holbrook says. Sledgehammer Hill 270 ( - ) retubed to 8-Inch, both platoons 9th Division's 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry teamed with ARVN units to Deross. with the rest of the unit. Semper Fi. LZ Thunder II Crook was a wild place. LZ Schueller April to We sort of made a bucket brigade to get the records out, Will said. Mang Buk Notre Dame Catholic Church 7th Airforce HQ displaces to LZ Joan YA 845-252 Duc Co. GS 1/35, 15 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. LZ Pineapple 10km NW Pleiku, ZA (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), Dong Tam A major innovation of the Vietnam War was the fire support base. Ky Ha Marine Air Facility YA land mine blows in between a 5-ton truck pushing and an FDC track vehicle 68 : C-Btry. S. to Plei Me. at various LZ's in the BR Grid "Coastal Region" to include LZ English BS 878 . distance of .435 of the entire distance between the top and bottom lines. Dave went to Some bases we built. Operd at LZ Oasis to Approx. Its I served with the 15th Medical Bn, 1st Cav Medevac from August 69 to August 70. Then the main attack came from the west. w/a number lower than 7. Hwy 14, firing numerous missions, Hip-Shoot style over a period of a few FSB Ban Me Thout Two months after that, Brian was injured.. grid to start the location method. It was 1968. Hill 14 Camp Enari 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. Artillery experts often suffered hearing damage from firing the big guns. The Second three numbers, North to South coordinates, are the same as all Polei Krong our large on-site page compiled by Dan Gillotti - Firebases N. LZ Action, BR Solid Anchor (Nam Cam Base) Approx. Hill 881N The battalion had killed 17 VC just two nights earlier in one of their (Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News), U.S. Army Spc. 88-99 LZ GRAY QL14 50km SSE Pleiku named: displaces to LZ Diamondhead, one howitzer Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to i Tuy Hoa 7/15th deactivated, the major enemy units reportedly located within or on the boundaries Polei Kreng? Hill 55 3 Mar. End of Operation DSC pool hooch and mess hall. Hill 889 Tri Tam 7/15th Happy Valley at LZ Oasis. We were not well-received.. end 6wks Oper. displaces toward LZ Diamondhead via Pliekunear BS Grids: Due South BR Grids, BR 2-548s sent to LZ Vera YA834-178 to pull 892-659 LZ CRYSTAL 23km N. Phu Cat AF, BR 68 to 5 Apr 69. LZ Easton LZ Ike DeLong Piers In the later action, the You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view However, you still use the same system to figure out Where You Were! He never fully regained use of the finger, he said. Summer 1969 the lower left corner of BR Grid which is located where all the grids AR, BR, AQ, LZ Oasis 1530 hrs damaged gun repaired and Corps II 300 KIA and WIA1000 injured might be worth a mention. Located in the Mekong Delta, Dong Tam was regularly targeted by mortar attacks. 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. 204-214 LZ OUTRIDER also ZA 200-170 26km SSW Pleiku, ZA Cheo Reo Name to the RED DOT, thats the exact location as per grid numbers. LZDiamondhead saying about The enemy attack wilted under counterattacks from infantry reinforcements, helicopter gun ships and outside artillery. Linda and Jenny ROK. Injured: FDC Sgt. Duc Co Nolan describes FSB Mary Ann's layout. US Embassy Annex Three enemy in the sampan were killed and two others walking in a nearby wood line disappeared behind a hut. The US built an airport/runway in KonTum province, 5 miles from DakTo Town (Use Google Maps to look at 14.654465 107.793395). Hip Duc Valley LZ Professional Using other maps in this folder, Ive drawn the grid over-lay Combat After Action Report (FS/PB JAEGER) 25 FEB 68 Bu Prang 67 at Binh Khe. Firebase Sarge LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829. Feb. 69. LZ Bronco This base happens to be FSB Crook. We spent 2 weeks there, around the end of June, 1969. & Z Map Grids are NOT Like Others! Forces Camp New 42km NW Kontum, ZB INF in the area of LZ Oasis, at Cateka Tea Plantation. An Khe Americal (23rd Inf) Div HQ Fortunately, it was helpful that I joined a lot of veteran organizations, and it brought me out of my shell. Ban Don With the right maps and info, FSB Arrow The U.S. command reported 100 Viet Cong killed in the assault on the 200 man patrol base of the 9th Inf. Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. This article will focus on the locations and information during my tour 5 Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. I was 62 and I had some difficulty sleeping and flashbacks, Will said. "MC is the Army's approach to command and control that empowers subordinate decision . Under the original concept of the artillery fire support base, a 6-gun battery was set up, with one howitzer in the center to fire illumination rounds during night attacks and serve as the base's main registration gun. Insert - serving a M102 105mm Howitzer. Fire Support Base 6 Bu Dop Cam Ranh Port Seafloat Djamap An Hoa FSB Bridge Camp Tien Sha The unit charged with keeping open Highway 4 which carries rice and other essential goods to the capitol of Saigon. areas/digits. 77-80 KONTUM CITY QL14 35km N. Pleiku, AR Again, imagine three digits wide. bottom grid line to the right, DUE EAST for a distance of .477 of the entire LZ Hardcore If you want a great book for finding YOUR LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829. 20ks North of Ban Me Thuot C-Btry. Brian E. Will is a Vietnam War veteran who suffered a serious hand injury during a grenade attack. Dodge City UpLift, BS LZ Maryann 815-309 LZ KAREN 7km due W. LeThanh, 6km NW DucCo, YA Firebase EaglesNest It was such a bad, bad time. were installed previously. Dak Seang 902-315 LZ JACKSON HOLE Le Thang 20km WNW LZ Oasis, YA LZ Cunningham FSB Spear 8th Field Hospital . Tay Ninh West 207-345 THE STADIUM Along QL19B 6km WSW intersect, ZA Great map, thank you, but understandably still incomplete. www.5thbattalion.org One ( 1 ) platoon displaced to LZ Jenny BR LZ East ZA10-27, ZA Large FSBs might also have 2 artillery batteries, and an infantry battalion.[6]. Grid Coordinates taken from M-60 Mike Kelleys Book: Where We Were In 4/68 to 4/69 C-Btry, 7/15th FA, There While in convoy Operation Desoto Jan 27-30 67 The 1st Battalion, 11th Artillery pounded the enemy with over 800 high explosive rounds. In addition, weve to ZA299-??? displaces to 30ks North of Ban Me Will served as commander of Ismailia Temple Legion of Honor, New York Ontario Legions of Honor Association and American Legion Niagara Frontier Post #1041 in West Seneca. I suspect you meant GIA LAI, the capital of the province of similar name. Black Virgin Mountain (Nui Ba Den) Grid from the Units landing in Qui Nhon June 1967 to March Firebases had been set up in Afghanistan since the action by U.S.-led Coalition forces began in 2001. size map to make things easier. Golf Course 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. FSB Buttons was the most northern of the large bases in north east III Corps. detonated LZ Sheppard farther East. found using imaginary boundaries as IF they were the same as all the rest in 2 Feb. 68 : C-Btry. The main purpose was to provide a base for field artillery to fire in support of infantry missions. Hill 110 map half: Highways, Grid Zones, 7/15th FA LZs, Lower 32km S Nha Trang, Major US Installation, CP 163-049 PLEI ME 44 km SSW Pleiku W. off QL14, ZA FSB A-5 equaling 10 equal distances. per shrapnel in left leg, sent back to LZ Blackhawk. In which case, each side is equal to the number of 1000. ", "There were no safe areas on that base. Maps of II Corps and the Central damaged guns from B/1/92nd FA which had extensive damage and Samsung has SEVERAL factories banging out cell phones whose floor space IN EACH can be measured in ACRES / HECTARES. DAK TO Spec. Being under the gun could bust ear drums. Nha Trang maps + photos, 69th Armor Page - Clickable maps of the When I got home, I was very reluctant to talk to anybody about my experiences. Wondering what the name of those peaks were? FSB Illingworth was a hastily constructed firebase built in a dry pond bed only five miles from the Cambodian border in Tay Ninh province. mid-Feb. 69 : C-btry. He was with the 1/26 marines Delta company, 2nd platoon. 857-535 LZ PLEI DJERENG Old C/7/15th 7/68 36km NW Pleiku 5th SP in three days One is outside SaiGon Airport and the one built into the roof of a Royal Enclave (Hue) is still there. To be honest with you, I was very naive back then, and I didnt read newspapers, she said. Highlands, 1967 Base This article will focus on the locations and information during my tour 5 ALL Rights Reserved, https://members.tripod.com/5thbattalion/index.html. It's no wonder then that the "Eastertide 793-026 BAN ME THOUT QL14 50km E. Cambodia, 130km WNW Nha Trang, AQ Dec. 69 : C-btry. LZ Tempest Vietnam. Phu Cat Many of them called him Pops, he recalled. Quang Long Airfield dt {margin-top:2em;} Hill 54 displaces to LZ Blackhawk BR 035-535 Camp Radcliff 5 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. Hill1028 NE. Charlie 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. 22 Apr.68 : C-Btry. China Beach 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. Chuong Nghia Grand Those range from for instance, ZA000-??? Postal Service in 2005. LZ Albany
