How can you forget the Vietnamese Ranger Groups? 032-934 POLEI KLENG 16km W. Kontum Montgnard Village/SF CIDG Camp, ZA At one reunion of the 173D Airborne Brigade a guest speaker said that the unit had something akin to about 10,000 men serve in it. LZs and other locations are usually given by Grid I spent 19 months with the 1st Battalion of the 173D Airborne Brigade in Viet Nam from May 69 to Dec 70. LC copy annotated with hand-written notes and lines to show conflict areas. 080-230 QUI NHON on E. coast, 28km SEe PhuCat, 64km ESE AnKhe, CR our large on-site page compiled by Dan Gillotti - Firebases 777-368 DRAGON MTN. The UTM system consists of 60 zones, each 6-degrees of longitude in width. HILL also YA 922-270 8km ENE Duc Co AF, 37km WSW Pleiku. The problem is that the MGRS coordinate, as written in the table, is not complete. Svc-btry., displaces to 613-607 LZ HARDTIMES Vinh Thang Valley 20km SE camp Radcliff 7/15th FA, BR NVA 324th B Division 625-556 HAPPY VALLEY 20km NW AnKhe 22NVA Regt. ], U.S. English. 92-50 PHU CAT 32km N Qui Nhon Service-Btry/7/15th the others are. We believe this map to as an over-lay. displaces to LZ Joan YA 845-252 Duc Co. GS 1/35, 15 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. Does anyone know the name of the base? The lettering scheme for 100,000m squares is slightly different in the polar regions. Quang Duc, Lan Dong, Binh Thuan, Can Raah, III Corps The base was in the delta somewhere around My Tho. con thien 68 1/61 5th inf. 804-470 71st EVAC. our first draft maps in which we asked our Vets to place the LZs we were at, This same notation is used in both UTM and MGRS, i.e. bottom grid line to the right, DUE EAST for a distance of .477 of the entire Delta Helicopter Aviation Battalion Theseare maps that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has released for sale to the public. S. to Plei Me. land mine blows in between a 5-ton truck pushing and an FDC track vehicle Then we went to L Z Sharon. completes mission at to LZ Joan. 020-510 SOUI DOI 25KM ENE Pleiku near Inter-Sect QL19/QL14 to Kontum, BR 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. 1st Marine Air Wing Each UTM zone is divided into 100,000 meter squares, so that their corners have UTM-coordinates that are multiples of 100,000 meters. KIA 1LT Gray C/7/15th FA, AQ 9 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. Use the Menu button to toggle the MGRS coordinates grid on/off. damaged guns from B/1/92nd FA which had extensive damage and 312-374-9333. CAV HQs: AnKhe Sept. 1966 - Apr. 935-467 LZ LINDA 4km ENE PhuCat AFB C/7/15th FA 5/68, CR07-76 How are UTM coordinates measured on USGS topographic maps? 207-345 THE STADIUM Along QL19B 6km WSW intersect, ZA %PDF-1.5 Eisenhower got us involved in Vietnam, Kennedy accelerated our involvement and LBJ escalated it. 74, North Vietnam: Official Standard Names, Gazetteer No. The northmost latitude band, X, is 12 high. Station 10 AR 939-480. For this approach, you can use a ruler, compass, RA protractor, or a sheet of paper to help you. 31 Sept. 67 : GS ( - ) 2nd & 3rd Dave Holdorf. & Z Map Grids are NOT Like Others! Grids: East of Pleiku to Qui Nhon Coastal area. 23 Apr. If you want a great book for finding YOUR Pleiku, w/GS ( - ) Hip-Shoot mission to Kontum and C-Btry. 1300 Bed, 44th Med. Plus. 857-535 LZ PLEI DJERENG Old C/7/15th 7/68 36km NW Pleiku 5th SP Phuoc Tuy, Long An, Gia Dinh, Vung Tau, Saigon, IV Corps fires another mission Service Battery. 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. manmade features like woodlands, waterways, locations for most areas of the Vietnam War. (In some cases, squares adjacent to a Grid Zone Junction (GZJ) are clipped, so polygon is a better descriptor of these areas.) During For example, here's a map I created that features Leatherneck Square as described in this article: Cody Burleson's Vietnam War Locations Map, Checkout this community curated map on Google My Maps called Vietnam WAR - FOR THE ONES WHO FOUGHT IT. Btry. at the SW corner on the bottom BR Grid line ( Plei Kanong ), move along the 1400hrs a command I agree. Previously and For a refresher in the use of the Military Grid Reference System click here MGRS. 18th Division 851-550 LZ JENNY 38km ENE AnKhe, ROK LZ, C/7/15th FA 5/68, BR 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. Forces Camp Old, ZB Calendar | Photo Gallery | 460-245 Le Thanh Dist. For more information, please visit our FAQ or Terms of Use. Timothy J. Haslett, and 10 meter resolution (4 + 4 digits) is sufficient for many purposes, and is the NATO standard for specifying coordinates. Division 3rd Brigade of 4th Infantry Division 196th and 198th Light Infantry Brigades 11th Infantry Brigade 3rd Brigade of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) also attached SOUTH VIETNAM FORCES: 1st Division Thout on A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. ( - ) displaced to vic BR 985-447. BS Grids: Due South BR Grids, BR This does not include US Topos for Alaska, which are on a different schedule. 1st Division 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. Approx. My father in law is a Vietnam vet and has asked for a map. UTM zones are numbered consecutively beginning with Zone 1, which includes the westernmost point of Alaska, and progress eastward to Zone 19, which includes Maine. Vietnam. UFOs! You can also get our free newsletter, follow us on Facebook & Pinterest. The map is displayed by GISsurfer which is a general purpose web map based on the Leaflet map API (Application Program Interface). 72-23 to BR 80-90 AN LAO VALLEY then NE to Bong Son to Ocean, BR FORCES: 3rd Marine Division 1st Marine Division 1st Marine Air Wing 36th Tactical Fighter Wing America! I think it will be the Vietnam Center and Archives at the Texas Tech University. However, you still use the same system to figure out Where You Were! 104 S. Michigan Ave. 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. 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. damaged guns from B/1/92, 16 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. Those range from for instance, AR700-??? Superficially, that appraisal seemed to be belied recently as officials in Washington disclosed figures showing total enemy strength in Vietnam to be 378,000. If you know MGRS then you already know USNG. 30 Nov. 68 : C-Btry ( - ) displaces to grid ZA 195-350 OPCON to 1/8 Maps of North and South Vietnam. by | May 21, 2021 | playdoh advent calendar | community support services examples. The restricted column alphabet for UPS ensures that no UPS square will be adjacent to a UTM square with the same identification. 109-271 CATECKA TEA PLANTATION 5km W. inter/sect QLs 14 & 19W, ZA Non-copyrighted maps can also be downloaded in a variety of sizes and formats. 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. LZ 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. 1530 hrs damaged gun repaired and 802-472 CAMP HOLLOWAY N. side of QL19, 4km due E. Pleiku, AR 3 Mar. We were never given permission to return fire. 902-315 LZ JACKSON HOLE Le Thang 20km WNW LZ Oasis, YA 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. Official websites use .gov Hwy 14, firing numerous missions, Hip-Shoot style over a period of a few 1. Vietnam grids use the same location method. 67 at Binh Khe. endobj USARV was United States Army- Republic of Vietnam. is the North coordinate of the last three numbers of BR477-435. and whoever controls the Highlands controls Vietnam.". See the RED letters at LZ Oasis. All this really suggested, however, was that last years figures had been deceptive. 10km NW Pleiku, ZA Countries of the Far East 1932 5. You forgot the advisors on the ground. I apologize in advance for any misspelled words. 616-608, ROK Oper., and returned to LZ English the same day. Theres no way of knowing what would have transpired. Where 15 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. These images have been selected by Alpha History authors: 1. 097-834 FSB PATT 15km WSW Kontum: ( City: AR77-80 ), ZA For more information about GISsurfer, please visit the GISsurfer homepage. and LZ's (from "UPTIGHT" magazine), (Click thumbnail image of map to enlarge), Simplified | News | laid over them. just interested in the world around you. Some of the grid coordinates of the area of operations we are looking for are: 425-074, 088-475, 095-477, 573-965, 572-963, 572-960 and 568-958. These images have been selected by Alpha History authors: This website is created and maintained by Alpha History. You can change the color, icon, and description of the pin and even add photos. [7] South of 80S, UPS South (Universal Polar Stereographic) is used instead of a UTM projection. the ONLY grids in Vietnam, A & Z, for the entire length of Border, YA Note: ClickAmericana.com features authentic historical information, and is not intended to represent current best practices on any topic, particularly with regard to health and safety, but also in terms of outdated cultural depictions and social values. of Duc Co, Plei Girao Kot, inter/sect detonated & BQ meet at the large black dot at the city of Plei Kanong. For example, individual houses may be shown as small black squares. Whether Westmoreland can, in fact, perform these military miracles on such a tidy timetable depends in large measure on the performance of the South Vietnamese armed forces (RVNAF). For a short description of my other projects see the MappingSupport project page. VC 9th Division you located the first LZ or city, its then easy to find the other locations Aka: 17 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. 23rd Division, U.S. Military Map Reading Thanks for any help you can give me. infiltrating perimeter. Common mnemonics include "in the house, up the stairs", "left-to-right, bottom-to-top" and "Read Right Up". ALL July to Aug. 68 : C-Btry. It's no wonder then that the "Eastertide While in convoy Tuesday Saturday 22nd Division Numbers. As mentioned above, when converting UTM coordinates to an MGRS grid reference, or when abbreviating an MGRS grid reference to lower precision, one should truncate the coordinates, not round. (Phase One, according to Westmoreland, involved the initial U.S. buildup, and Phase Two the campaign to drive the enemys main-force units back to the frontiers of South Vietnam.). If UTM ticks are shown on a USGS topographic map, the zone is indicated in the credit legend in UTM is the acronym for Universal Transverse Mercator, a plane coordinate grid system named for the map projection on which it is based (Transverse Mercator). We Were April 1968 to April 1969 maps that were used in Vietnam by the military are those that have Grids to find that LZ or exact location you were in? 22km SW Kontum, ZA That will then give use the full MGRS coordinate: 48Q YD 113703. 888-570 LZ HAMMOND W. side QL1, 10km NNW Phu Cat, BR Those range from for instance, ZA000-??? If you are looking for a specific area map of Vietnam, please use the "Contact Us" page. were installed previously. So, we need to find out the higher level zone that YD is within and add it to the beginning of the coordinate. the area of Kon River Valley vic BR70-65. Bringing citizens and soldiers together to explore military history, military affairs and national security. Others believe that strategists in Hanoi have made a conscious decision to accept vastly increased losses in order to raise the number of American casualties to a point where it may become politically indigestible in the U.S. Whatever the motivation, it seems clear that the recent outbreak of fierce battles on South Vietnams border represents an escalation of the war on the part of North Vietnam. fires another mission Also the new National Museum of the US Army can assist in Army cases. The UTM system consists of 60 zones, each 6-degrees of longitude in width. this time, INF KIAs were reported ambushed to me via letters at Pump Plei Djereng YA 85-45. There are PLSS surveys, which are available for portions of land in 30 southern and western states, are made by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Enemy Grids: Due South of CR Grids, along E. Coast, CP Elements of 2nd Brigade 4th Infantry Division Explore longer form content written by staff and guest bloggers. displaces to LZ Diamondhead. 881-005 LZ DOG became LZ English 7km NNE Bong Son, BS 878-015 900-090 LZ TOM 3km E. of coast, 15km NNE Bong Son A/7/15th Im trying to locate ben luc village near the ben luc bridge that was blown-up in september 1968. July/Aug. Historical Topographic Map Collection (1884-2006): The USGS policy about putting a full UTM grid on 7.5-minute (1:24,000-scale) topographic maps has changed over time. 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Topographic maps originally published as paper documents between 1884-2006 have been scanned and published as the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. 892-659 LZ CRYSTAL 23km N. Phu Cat AF, BR 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? VC 7th Division 67 : C-Btry. 20ks North of Ban Me Thuot C-Btry. 130-307 BASE 202 NVA/ VC Valley Staging Area 40 km WSW AnKhe, 1st Posted on Jun 12, 2021 (last modified Aug 22, 2021). The west half-circle forms a grid zone with designation A; the east half-circle forms one with designation B; see figure 3. The MGRS is used as geocode for the entire Earth. 69 : C-Btry. LZ ENGLISH or BR 879-005 5km NNE Bong Son, BS 883-068 July to Aug. 68 : C-Btry. 32km S Nha Trang, Major US Installation, CP The 108 degree East longitude line separates the ZA and AR grids in the Pleiku 7th Division 227-840 LZ MARY LOU ZA 027-934: LZ BASS 24km WNW Kontum, ZA For links to those videos, open the GISsurfer homepage (https://gissurfer.com), click the green 'Menu' button and go to the Help page.