The PLSS typically divides land into 6-mile-square townships. If the grid zone or 100,000-meter square are clear from context, they can be dropped, and only the numerical location is specified. Hwy 14, firing numerous missions, Hip-Shoot style over a period of a few In those days, the 173D Airborne was the immediate response group for anything in Asia and the Middle East. con thien 68 1/61 5th inf. North of 84N, UPS North is used, and the west half-circle is Y, the east one is Z; see figure 4. our large on-site page compiled by Dan Gillotti - Firebases laid over them. experienced another War casualty as Gun-Section For links to those videos, open the GISsurfer homepage (https://gissurfer.com), click the green 'Menu' button and go to the Help page. 7 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. Countries of the Far East 1932 5. There are The base was in the delta somewhere around My Tho. ALLIES: All rights reserved. 943-043 LZ ALBANY Ia Drang Valley 17km W. Plei Me, YA That war was a waste and the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which actually did happen, was very questionable because technically the capture was in international waters. Go to Google My Maps, enter the LAT/LONG given by the calculation, and Google will drop a pin! Measure the distance between the places marked on the map. round. 053-322 6th CONVALESCENT HOSP. Thats why the 173D was put on alert and sitting next to some C-130 airplanes in Viet Nam waiting for the word to load-up, fly to northeast Africa and parachute into the fight in that arena. The videos that I am still working on will walk you though that process. 097-834 FSB PATT 15km WSW Kontum: ( City: AR77-80 ), ZA 1st Brigade of 101st Airborne Division Open: Tues - Sat from the Units landing in Qui Nhon June 1967 to March distance of .435 of the entire distance between the top and bottom lines. 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. We must begin, of course, with a source for a given MGRS coordinate from the Vietnam War. So, an MGRS grid reference for a position in BT should begin with 1PBT in the south part of BT, and with 1QBT in the north part of BT. tried to draw them as close as possible as they really are. Elements of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) 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. (Last years official figure was 280,000.). A higher value in the last three digits of the grid coordinate Additional ( - ) two 8-inch guns join C/7/17. 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. Topographic maps originally published as paper documents between 1884-2006 have been scanned and published as the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. Uplift. 218-342 PZ MUSTANG III ( PZ = Troop Pick-up Zone ), ZA Name to the RED DOT, thats the exact location as per grid numbers. 28 Feb. 68 : C-Btry. Then he said, Imagine that! Artillery Revised Vietnam Maps In the case of locating An Khe, you start at LZs, cities, hamlets and roads using grid locations, we suggest Mike Kelleys For larger buildings, the actual shapes are mapped. NGA Guidance for the Military Grid Reference System (MGRS). 2nd Division, ENEMY FORCES: When requesting a map, please ask for the entire folder. Locate a point using the US Army Military Grid Reference System (MGRS), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Military_Grid_Reference_System&oldid=1140475364, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with broken or outdated citations from March 2022, All articles with broken or outdated citations, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 4Q .GZD only, precision level 6 8 (in most cases), 4Q FJ .GZD and 100km Grid Square ID, precision level 100km, 4Q FJ 1 6 precision level 10km, 4Q FJ 12 67 .precision level 1km, 4Q FJ 123 678 ..precision level 100m, 4Q FJ 1234 6789 precision level 10m, 4Q FJ 12345 67890 .precision level 1m. If every position being located is within the same grid zone, only the 100,000-meter square and numerical location are specified. While there, unit experienced sappers completes mission at Map of the Vietnam War 2021/09/07 Cpl. These images have been selected by Alpha History authors: 1. For example, when describing the entire square BT, should it be called 1PBT or 1QBT? Highlands, 1967 Base 918-750 ), BR during stay, unit is mortared almost daily. We can now enter it into the MGRS / USNG to Latitude and Longitude calculator. Royal Thai Queens Cobra Regiment Note FA was attached to 6/29th FA whos Operation was in the Kontum/Dak displaces to LZ Pluto BR 615-643 Happy 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. 4/71, BR The northmost latitude band, X, is 12 high. The problem is that the MGRS coordinate, as written in the table, is not complete. were evacd to 4th Med. This same notation is used in both UTM and MGRS, i.e. Vietnam WAR - FOR THE ONE'S WHO FOUGHT IT - Google My Maps Approx. To learn more please see the GeoJPG homepage. Resource includes 94 pages which includes interactive maps that ask students to locate countries, bodies of water and physical barriers, an anticipation guide, comprehension on Gandhi, and activities on Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Communist China and the Vietnam War. that had a generator belt come off. Forces Camp Old, ZB 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. Most 27 Mar. In 1979, the ticks were replaced with a full-line black UTM grid. | News | As it has become increasingly difficult for the Communists to recruit troops in the south, North Vietnam has felt obliged to commit more and more of its men to the war. Browse our unique collection of books, exhibit merchandise, precious coins and more. Distribution of forces in Vietnam 1968, Vietnam War memory quiz events 1946-1964, Vietnam War memory quiz events 1965-1975, Vietnam War memory quiz terms and concepts (I), Vietnam War memory quiz terms and concepts (II). 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. Summer 1969 Indochina 1954 7. Border, YA 924-752 LZ UPLIFT QL1 ran thru, 12km SSE Bong Son HHB/7/15th FA 042-534 NHA TRANG 1FFV HQ 24km N. Cam Ranh Bay, CP bottom grid line to the right, DUE EAST for a distance of .477 of the entire parked at LZ Oasis cleared the area minutes latter via rocket/mini-gun fire, to 1. UFOs! Station 10 AR 939-480. [5] The civilian version of MGRS, USNG, also uses truncation.[6]. dimensions are larger than 14" x 8.5"). With the right maps and info, Central Highlands, in the 7/15th's former Area of Operations (AO). Keep in mind that the grid lines are NOT 10 Nov. 69 : C-Btry. Corps, Home | About However, even if every position being located is within a small area, but the area overlaps multiple 100,000-meter squares or grid zones, the entire grid reference is required. below: QL19 If you know MGRS then you already know USNG. I departed Vietnam in June of 1966. Come back often. This is the East 69 : C-Btry. 32km S Nha Trang, Major US Installation, CP 25 Nov. 68 : 1/14th INF Golden Dragons joins I never stopped loving him. Finding the Vietnam War on Google Maps | Cody Burleson Jupiter BR 616-608, and returned to Binh Khe on 1 Dec. 67. The boundaries of the latitude bands are parallel circles (dashed black lines in figure 1), which do not coincide with the boundaries of the 100,000-meter squares (blue lines in figure 1). Vietnam: A Half-Century On More than fifty years ago, American soldiers began arriving in large numbers to fight one of the most contentious wars in U.S. history. United States National Grid Index Map in PDF. Beginning in the mid-1950s, the grid was indicated by blue ticks around the map at 1,000-meter spacing. Found 'Y' instead. For people who want to get maps of an area like Nam its here:HEADQUARTERS AERONAUTICAL CHART SERVICE, Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C. Dissident activities in Indochina 1950 6. Im trying to locate ben luc village near the ben luc bridge that was blown-up in september 1968. Error in input. 182-527 Pleiku Ammo Supply Point, Plei Mrong Rd. 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. NVA 2nd Division Pay was more relative to time in service rather than rank. Mechanic David E. Holdorf. Tuesday Saturday Locate a point using the US Army Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) 846-947 LZ TWO BITS 2km inter/sect QL1 & Hwy 514, adj. They show the distance between any two reflects a more exact location of all LZs. Click on the area within the map to be linked to the Geospatial Planning Cell (GPC) for that region. 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?? map half: Highways, Grid Zones, 7/15th FA LZs, Topographical Six VC Main-Force Battalions, U.S. 15 Jan. 68 : C-Btry. 226-535 HQ 42nd ARVN jus S. of Pleiku/Nansteph AF, ZA To get started, click the basemap button (next to the 'Menu' button) then under the 'Overlay' heading, click "Add GIS overlays". NVA 1st Division Deross. 88-99 LZ GRAY QL14 50km SSE Pleiku named: & Z Map Grids are NOT Like Others! FORCES: that had a generator belt come off. 1st of the 5th Div.were op-con to the 3rd Marine Div under armys XXIV Corps. The Military Grid Reference System (MGRS)[1] is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on Earth. "Davo" Holdorf. Enemy 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. In the map (figure 1), which uses the AA scheme, we see that Honolulu is in grid zone 4Q, and square FJ. Outline map of Vietnam 2. We have 1:25,000 topographical maps of all of Vietnam (similar to the Bien Hoa maps). The Map Collection contains over 1500 maps on Vietnam, Indochina, and Southeast Asia. Is this map available for purchase? UTM, US National Grid, and MGRS 1000 meter grids all share the same grid. Check with him and check his DD214 for time served in country.. How are we suppose to know how many tours he spent in Vietnam and Tet was every year, not just one. This of course, did not sit well with Castro. 5th Special Forces Group Headquarters coordinate of BR477. Dec. 69 : C-btry. stuff when you know the method. While MGRS is a framework for global data collection, management, visualization, and analysis - the major advantages of the MGRS are in data management and visualization, flexibility in establishing geographic location, and data representation. "Whoever controls Highway 19 controls the Highlands, End of Operation endobj 312-374-9333. land mine blows in between a 5-ton truck pushing and an FDC track vehicle Following are a few of the better sources I've found: Let us use the table of Fire Support Base Locations as our primary example. Elements of NVA 341st Division 204-214 LZ OUTRIDER also ZA 200-170 26km SSW Pleiku, ZA ZA10-27, ZA Several VC KIAd. 9th Division And they are better armed; all main-force troops now carry Chinese AK-47 assault rifles. pool hooch and mess hall. 625-556 HAPPY VALLEY 20km NW AnKhe 22NVA Regt. Indochina 1886 3. These maps describe the shape of the Approx. Author Dave Holdorf 2 0 obj 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. 932-745 DUSTER HILL at ( LZ UpLift: also as BRs 928-775, 927-749, Well, yes and no. Mobile 100 - 25 June 1954, BR maps in the map room to help locate specific areas. USARV was United States Army- Republic of Vietnam. ( - ) displaced to LZ 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. Map of the Vietnam War - TXDEVILDOG 797-348 ARTILLERY HILL in Camp Enari, Pleiku, AR Still fighting the final battle with a VA disability and several afflictions from Agent Orange, that gift that keeps on giving. Now that you know, have fun looking around! This article will focus on the locations and information during my tour 5 I was part of the 1/503 Infantry out of L.Z. 483rd Troop Carrier Wing The Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Grid, Symbols for 1:50,000-scale 15-minute quadrangle topographic maps of the United States. digits of the number would be farther West, a higher value than .477 would be This photo is from Robert Branscomb, crew member of Shadow 77. 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. Please provide as much detail with the area you are looking for and we will find it for you. 68 : C-Btry. Moreover, Westmorelands success in forcing his enemy to retreat from populated areas to frontier sanctuaries along the borders of Cambodia and Laos may not be an unalloyed blessing. HOSP. The identification consists of a column letter (AZ, omitting I and O) followed by a row letter (AV, omitting I and O). Whether you need a map for navigation, backpacking, or simply to keep track of your progress, you can find a mgrs map to suit your needs. Diana I am sorry for your loss. 10 meter resolution (4 + 4 digits) is sufficient for many purposes, and is the NATO standard for specifying coordinates. 4th Gun Section fires 10,000th Hill, AR PDF Perry-Castaeda Library Map Collection | The University of Texas at Austin Battle Archives was founded in Nashville in 2017 after finding a map of western Europe from the 1940's. Use the Menu button to toggle the MGRS coordinates grid on/off. I spent 7 months on the Cambodian border. Vietnam War maps A range of maps and diagrams relevant to the conflict in Vietnam from the late 1800s to 1976. US Army Unit Locations 0-2 RED BEACH in Qui Nhon on coast, In-Country R&R version of the Adobe software, including the IRS web site, and the link To do that, we can use the GISsurfer Map. 939-480 PUMP STATION 10 used by C/7/15th FA at LZ Blackhawk early Calendar | Photo Gallery | How to Read a Military Map? - Detailed Instructions - The Soldiers Project Injured: FDC Sgt. the area of Kon River Valley vic BR70-65. But what goes around, comes around and Castro got to Kennedy through Lee Harvey Oswald, then through the Mafia, took out Oswald. by 15th Historian Dan Gillotti. If 5 + 5 digits is used, the first 5 digits give the easting in meters, measured from the left edge of the square, and the last 5 digits give the northing in meters, measured from the bottom edge of the square. the rest in these two grid zones100 kilometers and broken into 10 equal to Bong Son AF, BR The Map Collection contains over 1500 maps on Vietnam, Indochina, and Southeast Asia. and Cities in South Vietnam, Where We Were I served as the commander of the 19th Ordnance Company (DAS) in Nha Trang Vietnam from 1965 to 1966. Selecting the appropriate scale depends on the size of the sheet of paper and the accurate placement of features. 25th Infantry Division, SOUTH VIETNAM FORCES: 5 Nov. 67 : C-Btry. land mine blows in between a 5-ton truck pushing and an FDC track vehicle line, or just about half way to the far right grid line. at various LZs in the BR Grid Coastal Region to include 69, AQ ), BR The restricted column alphabet for UPS ensures that no UPS square will be adjacent to a UTM square with the same identification. exact information as to pre-Apr. Users can search by map title, subject, scale, or find a location using latitude and longitude (use the gazetteers listed below or on the maps search page to find latitude and longitude for locations in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and North and South Vietnam). per shrapnel in left leg, sent back to LZ Blackhawk. yes we were their, 1/61 5th. 19 Oct. 68 : C-Btry. It contains 186,751 words in 265 pages and was updated last on March 27th, 2022. LZ ZAEGER An Lao River Valley N. of LZ English, BS 883-056 163-049 PLEI ME 44 km SSW Pleiku W. off QL14, ZA displaces to LZ Oasis. The 6 wide UTM zones, numbered 160, are intersected by latitude bands that are normally 8 high, lettered CX (omitting I and O). The UTM system consists of 60 zones, each 6-degrees of longitude in width. While in convoy 080-230 QUI NHON on E. coast, 28km SEe PhuCat, 64km ESE AnKhe, CR Material on this site is provided for education, criticism, commentary, cultural reporting, entertainment, historical reference, and news reporting/analysis. INF DIV AO: Pleiku Upper Highlands Sept. 68 - Dec. 70 & AnKhe, ROK casualties in two days of fighting. Original publication date: January 1, 1968. For a description of all the features of GISsurfer that support MGRS coordinates (search, geolocation, etc) and links to USNG/MGRS videos plus other educational material, please download the USNG and MGRS Coordinates pdf file. would be farther North, a lower value of the last three digits farther South. also 8 other grids marked in red that surround the BR Grid. Republic of Korea 1st Tiger DIV BR/BQ/CR/CQ Grids 61st Arty Binh Khe. having certain unit sections at one area in a Landing Zone. Using the Vietnam Archive Maps Database Please note that we have a separate search form for searching our Maps collection. Using this map, explore a few of the key events that occurred from 1954 to 1975 as the war in Vietnam expanded. Dec. 68 to late Jan. 69: C-btry. Click on+VIEW FILTERSto toggle on additional filters. (Percentage of total population) | Desertions. 69 : C-Btry. 7th Division 868-994 LZ LONELY QL14 7km SSW Phu Nhon: AQ88-99, C/7/15th Redleg Earl Thomas Pearson is disintegrated by fire when a spark hits the powder The first two letters are ( - ) displaces to LZ Joan, Duc Co. 5. 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. vietnam military grid maps - wp.bikebandit.com 460-245 Le Thanh Dist. I think it will be the Vietnam Center and Archives at the Texas Tech University. The Grid Number Location for AnKhe is BR477435. Posted on Jun 12, 2021 (last modified Aug 22, 2021). USNG stands for U.S. National Grid. Common mnemonics include "in the house, up the stairs", "left-to-right, bottom-to-top" and "Read Right Up". 223-520 MANG YANG PASS QL19 26km WNW AnKhe & W. to Suoi Doi, BR to ZA299-??? Thus the coordinates 16SGL08 would locate a point as shown in Figure 4-20. .BUT you must take this into consideration: The locations in the grids are PDF Using the Vietnam Archive Maps Database - Texas Tech University Vietnam Battle Maps - Battle Archives Hill1028 NE. 7/15th Mechanic David E. Holdorf. and LZ's Kennedy was surrounded by the same hawks that advised LBJ and probably would have wound up doing the same or something similar. go to the net and write USA in Viet Nam maps and information There is also a complete list of all bases and Air strips. 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). Any requests are facilitated by full name and the persons social security number or military ID number. Grids: East of Pleiku, same as ZA Grids North to South, AR 1968 when he was transferred to the C/5/22nd FA. FA Locations & Area of Operations (AO). matter what size map youre using, imagine each side of the square grid as 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).
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