4, 9 Oct. 68 : C-Btry. Corps: Roads, Grid Zones, Airfields, and Directory, (Also see: List of Firebases, LZ's and Base Camps), There was a Vietnamese displaced to LZ Linda BR 935-467. ( This is the East 803-339 HENSEL AIRFIELD at Camp Enari, AR 881-005 LZ DOG became LZ English 7km NNE Bong Son, BS 878-015 918-750 ), BR 793-026 BAN ME THOUT QL14 50km E. Cambodia, 130km WNW Nha Trang, AQ The MAC-V commander actually reported directly too and received his orders from the President of the U.S. MACV or MAC-V stands for Military Assistance Command Vietnam. Estimate direct distances on a map grid. The Coffelt Database of Vietnam casualties, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, documents from the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, MGRS / USNG to Latitude and Longitude calculator, Powered by Rock Mountain (my own home-grown thing) version. coordinate of BR477. Note that different basemaps let you zoom in different amounts. This map with a MGRS grid will work in most browsers on most devices including cell phones. Thuot East AQ 883-018. The 1st and 3rd Battalions were stationed at L.Z. In instances where the polygon is not a square and has been clipped by a grid zone junction, the polygon keeps the label of the southwest corner as if it had not been clipped. Hwy 1 - Duc Pho South to Tuy Hoa, Upper LZs, cities, hamlets and roads using grid locations, we suggest Mike Kelleys ROK Capital Division The units we fight now will break and run, says one general. 25th Division, U.S. You can also get our free newsletter, follow us on Facebook & Pinterest. & BQ meet at the large black dot at the city of Plei Kanong. The hardest part is to properly locate the grid For larger buildings, the actual shapes are mapped. And by 1969, the general says, he hopes to start Phase Four the gradually phased withdrawal of a significant number of U.S. combat troops. Key for top Vietnam War map U.S. The Mafia had an axe to grind because JFKs brother, Bobby, who was the U.S. AG had been on the Mafias case from day one of the Kennedy administration, and they were eager to assist. Also see 104 S. Michigan Ave. S. to Plei Me. Tickets available upon arrival. The connection to that map, to my family's military history, inspired me to find the highest quality and relevant battle maps of the American military suitable for framing and displaying in homes andoffices across the country. 109-273 LZ OASIS 3rd BN, 4th INF DIV AO Forward Fire Base, ZA FA, BR July to Aug. 68 : C-Btry. infiltrating perimeter. 68 : C-Btry. Viet Nam War. To get started, click the basemap button (next to the 'Menu' button) then under the 'Overlay' heading, click "Add GIS overlays". LINES and grid ZONES have been added in RED. -j\/YTlA}>sXIfqi'MlQdbXj ;fWdt1R)x^[L]\Te]A+eE +XWt~^>l0i D>` gVYn}."69Il, Oh yes we had 4 consective nights of B-52 strikes in October 71. FORCES: 3rd Marine Division 1st Marine Division 1st Marine Air Wing 36th Tactical Fighter Wing America! Station 10 AR 939-480. 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Approx. I just want to add that the U.S. Navy also had a river patrol boat unit (TF-116) in I Corps in 1967-1970. Map. For example, when describing the entire square BT, should it be called 1PBT or 1QBT? The Chief of Staff of the Army, Herold K Johnson, visited our unit and I briefed him on our operations. or second ( 3 ) three numbers are the ( N ) North coordinates. Enari 7/15th FA: Target Pract/Arty. 883-018 FSB BAN ME THUOT East C/7/15th 4/68, AQ you're hiking, biking, hunting, fishing, or horizontally, the Grid Line that separates ie: Zones BR & BQ. US Topo maps are updated on a three-year production cycle (maps covering one third of the country are updated each year). ( - ) retubed to 175mm at LZ Pony interdicting I have written up some history of my military service or can provide more information on our Vietnam mobilization and in country Vietnam operations if you are interested. grid to start the location method. detonated and LZ's While in convoy Our Post in Da Lat was an old WWII Japanese military hospital. let's find the exact location of An Khe using a Military Grid over-lay. After the US withdrawal, the North reinvaded in 1975 and unified the country under communist rule. NVA 324th B Division The densely-populated area between Saigon and the Highlands, with 90% of its industry, 7 million people (38% of the population) and the capital city. Theseare maps that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has released for sale to the public. I was part of the 1/503 Infantry out of L.Z. All use the South-West corner of the area, likewise the ZB and AS grids to the north in the Kontum area. during the Vietnam War, (Note: I Corps was north and I was radio teletype 1st Signal Brigade, Company A, 52nd Signal Battion in Can Tho and on the Island of Phu Quoc (which was under dispute between Cambodia and South Vietnam of who owned it) 68 69. An example of an MGRS coordinate, or grid reference, would be 4QFJ12345678, which consists of three parts: An MGRS grid reference is a point reference system. Squares that cross a latitude band boundary, International Terrestrial Reference System, Spatial Reference System Identifier (SRID), Learn how and when to remove this template message. NVA 2nd Division Pretty simple LZ NORTH ENGLISH Bong Son N. of LZ ENGLISH, BR To learn more please see the GeoJPG homepage. INF, 4th INF DIV. NVA 368th B Regiment At some time during this period, one tube C/7/15th A photo was sent to Kennedy, the United Nation, Ho Chi MIn and he said that it was there to protect the people from the aggressive Americans who want to take over the country. Now that you know, have fun looking around! was GS ( Measure direct distances using a scale. When requesting a map, please ask for the entire folder. 2 Apr. I Corps - Quang Tri, Thua Thien, Quang Nam, is a great book that gives The Map Collection contains over 1500 maps on Vietnam, Indochina, and Southeast Asia. The lower the input precision, the more "slop" is allowed in the final check on the latitude zone letter. How are UTM coordinates measured on USGS topographic maps? linear parts. We were never given permission to return fire. Author Dave Holdorf On computers without a GPS chip, Latitude and Longitude are guesstimated by Google based on your IP address and the known locations of the nearest WIFI access points and their addresses. the area of Kon River Valley vic BR70-65. UpLift, BS ( - ) LZ Pony 175mm Platoon displaced to LZ 043-225 DAK TO & Spec. 195-350 C/7/15th 30 Nov. 68 OPCON 2/8th INF, ZA 020-510 SOUI DOI 25KM ENE Pleiku near Inter-Sect QL19/QL14 to Kontum, BR are those used by the 7/15th FA. 4 Sept. 67 : C-Btry. Military Map Reading Timothy J. Haslett, and the UTM grid reference system; the article on Universal Transverse Mercator shows many maps of these grid zones, including the irregularities for Svalbard and southwest Norway. I spent 7 months on the Cambodian border. For the row letters, there are actually two alternative lettering schemes within MGRS: If an MGRS coordinate is complete (with both a grid zone designation and a 100,000 meter square identification), and is valid in one lettering scheme, then it is usually invalid in the other scheme, which will have no such 100,000 meter square in the grid zone. The First 3 numbers indicating East-to-West in A grids never start found using imaginary boundaries as IF they were the same as all the rest in We had very little American support, mostly C-47 gunships at night and ARVN helocopters and VNAF airstrikes during the day. damaged guns from B/1/92nd FA which had extensive damage and are and how to get to them, whether Anyone can use the following 'live' GISsurfer map to help learn about Military Grid Reference Sysytem (MGRS) coordinates. If the grid zone or 100,000-meter square are clear from context, they can be dropped, and only the numerical location is specified. Kennedy was surrounded by the same hawks that advised LBJ and probably would have wound up doing the same or something similar. I have maps that date back to 1897 which includes the RailRoad routes in the US. Vietnam War maps A range of maps and diagrams relevant to the conflict in Vietnam from the late 1800s to 1976. FA Locations & Area of Operations (AO). This division produces lines that are 10,000 meters apart. <> end 6wks Oper. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Pleiku, w/GS ( - ) Hip-Shoot mission to Kontum and C-Btry. In the 173D the supply people kept the majority of their gear locked away in metal boxes called conex steel transport boxes so they could be ready to move 24/7/365. vietnam military grid maps. ALLIES: A lock () or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. This is before we entered the war on the ground. Come back often. Your last statement, If Kennedy had not been assasinated many thousand of lives would have been saved. is only speculation and is a theory (or a lament) that evolved well after his death and after LBJ began his escalation of the war. If a resolution of 10 meters is enough, the final digit of the easting and northing can be dropped, so that only 4 + 4 digits are used, representing a 10-meter square. The lettering scheme for 100,000m squares is slightly different in the polar regions. Operation Binh Tay-MacArthur at LZs Vera and Jean YA 809-232, Duc Co, close A higher value in the last three digits of the grid coordinate was on Con Thien in 1968. Apr. were evacd to 4th Med. Correct except MACV was the higher command. days, in support of 1/12th Task forcethen displaced to Ban Me A-214, YA We can use the MGRS / USNG to Latitude and Longitude calculator (top of page), to convert the MGRS coordinate to a latitude and longitude coordinate with auto-generated links to various web maps, such as Google Maps. FA Batteries May 1968 - May 1969, Major US Army Unit AMS 1:50000 Maps in Vietnam Archive Map Collection, Cambodia: Official Standard Names, Gazetteer No. 7 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. I apologize in advance for any misspelled words. MGRS Mapper (Free Version) | Operational Graphics Tool for Junior Military Leaders format_shapes Touch the Symbol to Add to the Map Frequently Used Symbols CKP T Default Land Unit Select a Symbol Friendly Select an Affiliation None Select a Unit Size Specify unit echelons (separate levels of command) from Fire Team to Command Group C2 None LZ ENGLISH or BR 879-005 5km NNE Bong Son, BS 883-068 We can now enter it into the MGRS / USNG to Latitude and Longitude calculator. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. May to late June 68, C-Btry. by the values given within the grid. displaces to LZ Pluto BR 615-643 Happy - Binh Tuy, Long Khanh, Phou Long, Binh Long, Dinh Duong, Tay Ninh, Hay Hghia, Bien Hao, They gave out rank like it was candy bars. 4/71, BR KIA 1LT Gray C/7/15th FA, AQ The Military Grid Reference System topo maps. 7th Division his name R.J. Goupil. Several VC KIAd. Cobra Gun-ships LZs and other locations are usually given by Grid Hydrographic/Topographic Center. AR999-??? 1st Tactical Fighter Wing Now that you know, have fun looking around! These are Btry. 902-315 LZ JACKSON HOLE Le Thang 20km WNW LZ Oasis, YA Grid Coordinates taken from M-60 Mike Kelleys Book: Where We Were In The PLSS typically divides land into 6-mile-square townships. I was engaged to a guy he joined the Navy Jan. 1966. he got shipped to Nam the last Talked to him was July 1968. we were supposed to get married when he got out. We Were April 1968 to April 1969. 4th INF DIV Area of Opers. If we zoom in on Hawaii (figure 2), we see that the square that contains Honolulu, if we use 10km resolution, would be written 4QFJ15. 5 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. MY Unit and I FOUGHT SEARCH AND DESTROY MISSIONS IN CENTAL VIETNAM S MOUNTAINOUS AND JUNGLE AREAS (1968 & 1969 while in the 4TH INFANTRY. VC 7th Division We were the 362nd Signal Co. operating a Strat Com Tropo repeater site on Lang Bian mountain out of Da Lat in the Central Highlands. Can I still get the older topographic maps? PLSS surveys, which are available for portions of land in 30 southern and western states, are made by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). I was stationed with USARV when we made the move. 31 Sept. 67 : GS ( - ) 2nd & 3rd I am now retired, and a resident at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy, Illinois. The USGS has alimitednumber of 1:50,000-scale maps available for the United States. this time, INF KIAs were reported ambushed to me via letters at Pump 1 0 obj Jupiter BR 616-608, and returned to Binh Khe on 1 Dec. 67. 77-80 KONTUM CITY QL14 35km N. Pleiku, AR All of these maps are oversized (i.e. 36th Tactical Fighter Wing America! The base was in the delta somewhere around My Tho. 100, BR Quang Duc, Lan Dong, Binh Thuan, Can Raah, III Corps I was stationed in the 19th Combat Engineers during 1966 to 1967. 90-76 MISS AMERICA MOUNTAIN Range N. & NW. Two Rocket Artillery Battalions Dont kid yourself, said one general. 3rd Brigade of 4th Infantry Division begin with a number larger than 2! HQs along QL14 22km S. Pleiku, YA The best accuracy (within about 10 meters) is obtained on devices with a built in GPS chip such as smart phones which can directly receive satellite GPS signals. In the popup that appears, click 'Help'. BR indicating that the BR Grid is within the four red lines. All over. 1st Field Force Headquarters The 16 southern provinces in the Mekong River Delta area, including the rich rice bowl. [See more in the article below. Under "Other Filters",usethe dropdown menu in the Map Scale boxtoselect 1:50,000 (it's near the top of the list). The videos that I am still working on will walk you though that process. There are other geographic naming systems of this alphanumeric kind: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 27 Mar. Not listed is the 1st Signal Brigade which was in many VN locations during the duration. The Cam lo river bridge was washed out. 12th Tactical Fighter Wing See the RED letters Official websites use .gov The Military Grid Reference System (MGRS)[1] is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on Earth. Closed Sunday & Monday. UTM, US National Grid, and MGRS 1000 meter grids all share the same grid. The first two letters are Just read the how-to on For a short description of my other projects see the MappingSupport project page. 4/68 to 4/69 C-Btry, 7/15th FA, There In these cases, software that interprets an MGRS grid reference should accept both of the possible latitude band letters. 21st Division, U.S. were 43 Provinces and Two Medals of Honor earned by SEALs on I Corps missions. Keep in mind that the grid lines are NOT 10am - 4pm CT. Search our catalog and scope out our consortial partner, the Consortia of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) and other libraries worldwide. All this really suggested, however, was that last years figures had been deceptive. 230-354 Camp St. Barbara 3km E. Catecka AF, if 230-534: QL14 S. Pleiku, ZA 5th Special Forces Group Headquarters In the polar regions, a different convention is used. I departed Vietnam in June of 1966. and various unit daily logs, archives, and history references including Firebases How can you forget the Vietnamese Ranger Groups? MGRS coordinates from the Vietnam area map show the location of the runway 0.66 Km at 134 degrees from the actual site. Out of that 10K group over 7,000 people were awarded the Purple Heart. 1969, 4th 27 Mar. Grids: East of Pleiku, same as ZA Grids North to South, AR For a refresher in the use of the Military Grid Reference System click here MGRS. 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing So, using this technique, we could lookup the MGRS coordinates for all three remaining points of Leatherneck Square: Did you know that you can create your own Google Map online to share? How current are US Topo maps? 223-520 MANG YANG PASS QL19 26km WNW AnKhe & W. to Suoi Doi, BR A topographic map tells you where things | News | 80-07 to 90-07 IA DRANG VALLEY N. to S. YA at Phu Cat w/Unit to set up base-camp, Maps of North and South Vietnam. New for 2023: There are now some tutorial videos to help you learn about GISsurfer. FA was attached to 6/29th FA whos Operation was in the Kontum/Dak Mechanic David E. Holdorf. its really not that hard! For example, individual houses may be shown as small black squares. exact location can be found using a Vietnam map that has the BR grid shown Oper. In Phase Three, Westmoreland plans to destroy the Viet Congs infrastructure and turn over to a completely retrained South Vietnamese Army a major portion of the defense of the Demilitarized Zone and other areas. ], U.S. A range of maps and diagrams relevant to the conflict in Vietnam from the late 1800s to 1976. The 5th Infantry Division is not identified on the I Corps Area. % 9 Oct. 68 : C-Btry. 312-374-9333. 68 to 5 Apr 69. Yet, despite the savage mauling they have been taking and the signs of flagging morale among them, there is no evidence that the Communist main-force units in Vietnam are about to quit. 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The breakdown of the US Army military grid reference system continues as each side of the 100,000-meter square is divided into 10 equal parts. at various LZs in the BR Grid Coastal Region to include detonated casualties in two days of fighting. hitting a command detonated land mine 1030hrs. In addition, weve The MGRS is derived from the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system and the Universal Polar Stereographic (UPS) grid system, but uses a different labeling convention. Choose your approach to reading the map. Open: Tues - Sat MGRS and USNG are the same except MGRS is often written without spaces. Grids: East of Pleiku to Qui Nhon Coastal area. reflects a more exact location of all LZs. Dave Holdorf. East - Qui Nhon to Pleiku Rds 568/569, YA exact information as to pre-Apr. The row letters go from A to Z, omitting I and O. If you want a great book for finding YOUR For example, at the boundary between grid zones 1P and 1Q, we find a 100,000-meter square BT, of which about two thirds is south of latitude 16 and therefore in grid zone 1P, while one third is north of 16 and therefore in 1Q. Bn. Ready-made & canned cocktails from the 60s & 70s were the coolest party drinks (no bartender required), 100 vintage 1960s supermarkets & old-fashioned grocery stores, Vintage Fashion from the 1960s adult coloring book: 50 pages of retro 60s clothing for women, Groovy Fashion of the 70s: Vintage Women Coloring Book #10, Vintage Homes Adult Coloring Book #2: Classic Victorian Houses, Something Old: Vintage Wedding Dress Fashion Look Book, Classic Cars Adult Coloring Book #2: Vintage 1920s Automobiles (1920-1929), Who was Suzy Homemaker? We have 1:25,000 topographical maps of all of Vietnam (similar to the Bien Hoa maps). Without going into detail, just think of them as normal 100 kilometer An official website of the United States government. Kennedy must share his part in the fiasco. Corps III 1st Marine Air Wing 1st Infantry Division Tra Noc village across the river gave us mortar and rocket file, not to mention ground assaults. The UTM system consists of 60 zones, each 6-degrees of longitude in width. fr, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192, Region 2: South Atlantic-Gulf (Includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), Region 12: Pacific Islands (American Samoa, Hawaii, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). The firebase had two 8 and two 175mm mobile howitzers with four mobile four 40mms in each corner of the compound.I went there as combat medic in march or early apr. Again, imagine three digits wide. LZ displaces to LZ Oasis. Uplift. 22km SW Kontum, ZA Highlands, 1967 Base What does the term UTM mean? 27-48 LZ BUFFALO 5km E. MangYang Pass, 3km The Communists are taking a beating from the American riverine gunboat force that prowls the rivers and canals, and South Vietnamese forces claim to be killing Viet Cong in the delta at the rate of 1,000 a month. The MGRS is derived from the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system and the Universal Polar Stereographic (UPS) grid system, but uses a different labeling convention. manmade features like woodlands, waterways, round. FA at W. edge 080-230 QUI NHON on E. coast, 28km SEe PhuCat, 64km ESE AnKhe, CR This photo is from Robert Branscomb, crew member of Shadow 77. 943-043 LZ ALBANY Ia Drang Valley 17km W. Plei Me, YA laid over them. Chicago, IL 60603 You can use this technique to locate important historic sites like helicopter landing zones (LZs), fire bases, where certain battles took place, and the hallowed grounds where our beloved gave all. 2nd Division, ENEMY FORCES: 05-26? i:Jt=l Qh^|,d $uIMgfyJ|+d,M8+| ( - ) displaced to vic BR 985-447. However, truncation is used in GEOTRANS since version 3.0, and in NGA Military Map Reading 201[3] (page 5) and in the US Army Field Manual 3-25.26. Check with where he attended boot camp I am trying to get my dads right now. But U.S. military men nonetheless argue that the performance of VC units in the delta is not what it used to be. Jenny BR 851-550. Elements of NVA 341st Division There are At some time during this period, one tube C/7/15, Approx. This map with a MGRS grid will work in most browsers on most devices including cell phones. A 15 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. I was with VNAF 632nd CSG at airfield Binh Thuy with the Mekong River just outside my hooch. The northmost latitude band, X, is 12 high. 2-548s sent to LZ Vera YA834-178 to pull and Cities in South Vietnam, Where We Were also I had a picture that he gave me when he joined in his white uniform .I lost that when we moved.do you know if there is anywhere I can get another one?? The west half-circle forms a grid zone with designation A; the east half-circle forms one with designation B; see figure 3. You can change the color, icon, and description of the pin and even add photos. 10 meter resolution (4 + 4 digits) is sufficient for many purposes, and is the NATO standard for specifying coordinates. His mission was TOP SECRET at the time and I only know about this because the war is over and 20 years have passed. Battle Archives was founded in Nashville in 2017 after finding a map of western Europe from the 1940's. Injured: FDC Sgt. Vietnam Topographic Maps 1:50,000 U.S. Army Map Service, Series L7014 Clickable Index Map A Luoi(topographic) Sheet 6441-4, 1:50,000 U.S. Army Map Service (9.4MB) [GeoPDF] A Ro(topographic) Sheet 6440-2, 1:50,000 U.S. Army Map Service (3.0MB) [GeoPDF] A Sap(topographic) Sheet 6441-2, 1:50,000 U.S. Army Map Service (3.0MB) [GeoPDF] 1300 Bed, 44th Med. I spent 19 months with the 1st Battalion of the 173D Airborne Brigade in Viet Nam from May 69 to Dec 70. Perry-Castaeda Library Map Collection | The University of Texas at Austin 841-247 DUC CO QL19W 13km to Cambodia, 55km SW Pleiku, YA Here, I will share my procedure for converting an MGRS coordinate to a longitude and latitude coordinate that you can more easily find on Google Maps. <> The third part of an MGRS coordinate is the numerical location within a 100,000 meter square, given as n + n digits, where n is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. Dana. was corps 1 artillary firebase operating in lower mekong delta in 1968? to find that LZ or exact location you were in? LZ English BS 878-015 and LZ Pony BR 801-829. The big Tet offensive was in January 1968. The US Topo production schedule follows the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) collection schedule. When the term 'grid square' is used, it can refer to a square with a side length of 10km (6mi), 1km, 100m (328ft), 10m or 1m, depending on the precision of the coordinates provided. July to Aug. 68 : C-Btry. Qui Nhon Aug. 65-69 at Phu Bai 69-71, BS from the Units landing in Qui Nhon June 1967 to March ClickAmericana.com is made with and by Synchronista LLC 2011-2022. ROK White Horse Division Corps II You can make a scale for your our large on-site page compiled by Dan Gillotti - Firebases 3rd Marine Division The military uses their own implementation of the UTM system, called the. in red lines on the map shown below. YA My three years in the U.S. Army consisted of one year at Ft. Monmouth N.J., One year in Vietnam, and one year back at Ft. Monmouth. Links | QL 14 & Rte 512 to Ben Het, ZB locations for most areas of the Vietnam War. Pay was more relative to time in service rather than rank. 615-643 LZ PLUTO Vinh Thang/Happy Valley 36km NW Phu Cat C/7/15 4/24/68, BR 5 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. 815-309 LZ KAREN 7km due W. LeThanh, 6km NW DucCo, YA There are nearly 200,000 South Vietnamese regulars, militia and irregulars operating in the delta, along with 9,000 U.S. troops, and they have inflicted serious wounds on the enemy. Or when describing the 1000-meter square BT8569, should it be called 1PBT8569 or 1QBT8569? 2 0 obj All rights reserved. Diana. The first part of an MGRS coordinate is the grid-zone designation. MAP - 83-67 - SAIGON - BIEN HOA - DONG NAI RIVER - 1971 ORPHANAGE - Vietnam War $127.99 Was: $159.99 $4.99 shipping Battle of Ho Bo Woods Vietnam map 173d Air Trang Bang DO DAU HA Air Cav 6231 II $39.99 $4.00 shipping PLEIKU Vietnam map Special Forces Camp OASIS-TUTTLE AIRFIELD Catecka 6536 I $29.99 $4.00 shipping W122. Vietnam 1:50,000 Interactive Map Tables linking to sheets Contact Information Map Library Main Library Building Michigan State University 366 W. Circle Drive, Room E240 East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: (517) 884-6467 Title: Vietnam. Indochina 1886 3. This kind of optimism, in fact, prevails not only among U.S. commanders in the delta but throughout the whole of Vietnam. IV Corps was south), Provinces and Cities in South Vietnam: Cant figure this out as my husband said his 1st tour was 1966-67, but he also fought during Tet. FORCES: United States National Grid Index Map in PDF. After many years using If we enter it as-is and then press Calc, we get the following error: parsemgrs():'YD113703' : Missing Zone Number. ( - ) two 8-inch guns join C/7/17th 230-376 PLEI GAO THONG 7km SSW Camp Enari 4th DIV ORLL, ZA Material on this site is provided for purposes of education, criticism, commentary, cultural reporting, entertainment, historical reference, and news reporting/analysis. Arty. Trying Dave went to Your email address will not be published. The schnook couldnt land at the base because it was too hot, they dropped me off about ten twelve miles away, in a field. using Grid Line Coordinates, and go from there. 939-480 PUMP STATION 10 used by C/7/15th FA at LZ Blackhawk early Apr. would be farther North, a lower value of the last three digits farther South. They have tough and well-equipped troops along those borders and they can still give us a lot of trouble., PS: If you liked this article, please share it! How could a person who rotated out of a tour in 1967, be involved during the Tet of 1968? displaces to LZ Oasis ZA 114-275. The resolution in this case is 1 meter, so the MGRS coordinate would represent a 1-meter square, where the easting and northing are measured to its southwest corner. the grid, the first ( 3 ) three numbers are the ( E ) East coordinates, the last Their numbers have clearly increased. Most I respect you for your service. 868-994 LZ LONELY QL14 7km SSW Phu Nhon: AQ88-99, C/7/15th This truncation can put them on the wrong side of a latitude zone boundary, causing the truncated MGRS string to be considered invalid. Many (but not all) of the available maps cover areas near military facilities. displaces to LZ Blackhawk BR 035-535 LZ Pony. Listed in the lower left corner of the map are South Vietnamese military and government installations, and, on the right, are the locations of "Properties used by the U.S. Government Hue, Vietnam." The list of American properties is faded, as seen below. Though the war in Vietnam was fought throughout the country, a few locations are better understood through visual representation. 204-214 LZ OUTRIDER also ZA 200-170 26km SSW Pleiku, ZA 24 Apr. You can use the other Elements of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)