The UTM system consists of 60 zones, each 6-degrees of longitude in width. the grid, the first ( 3 ) three numbers are the ( E ) East coordinates, the last 483rd Troop Carrier Wing you located the first LZ or city, its then easy to find the other locations If the grid zone or 100,000-meter square are clear from context, they can be dropped, and only the numerical location is specified. Rds 568/569, YA Two Medals of Honor earned by SEALs on I Corps missions. Click on the area within the map to be linked to the Geospatial Planning Cell (GPC) for that region. Hwy 14, firing numerous missions, Hip-Shoot style over a period of a few South Vietnam Map 1. All this really suggested, however, was that last years figures had been deceptive. 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. Several VC KIAd. 15 Nov. 68 : C-Btry. 230-376 PLEI GAO THONG 7km SSW Camp Enari 4th DIV ORLL, ZA to be LZ Diamondhead. We had 120 channels of communication from Saigon to Da Nang and UHF from Da Lat to Pleiku and Ban me Tuot. Bn. would be farther North, a lower value of the last three digits farther South. Tim was sent to Japan, then state-side. Injured: FDC Sgt. 032-934 POLEI KLENG 16km W. Kontum Montgnard Village/SF CIDG Camp, ZA 35th Tactical Fighter Wing the normal longitude or latitude lines that normally appear on maps. 312-374-9333 The row letters go from A to Z, omitting I and O. using Grid Line Coordinates, and go from there. Vietnam war Era Grid Maps Dated 1965 | eBay or Best Offer. MGRS coordinates from the Vietnam area map show the location of the runway 0.66 Km at 134 degrees from the actual site. NVA 324th B Division HQs along QL14 22km S. Pleiku, YA Measure direct distances using a scale. or second ( 3 ) three numbers are the ( N ) North coordinates. at LZ Oasis. Choose your approach to reading the map. 616-608 LZ JUPITER 23km NE AnKhe ( AN KHE: BR48-43, Pass: BR582-438 At zone 4, the column letters start over from A, and so on around the world. 21st Division, U.S. Dont be shy about seeking help! If you liked this article, please share it! Two years ago you couldnt pry them out.. 10 Nov. 69 : C-Btry. Found 'Y' instead. Then give each section an amount or value of 100 ( - ) displaces to LZ Joan, Duc Co. Republic of Philippines Contingent I apologize in advance for any misspelled words. 199th Light Infantry Brigade displaced to LZ Uplift BR 928-775, mission of GSR - 1st Air Cav. Then he said, Imagine that! Vietnam maps and locations of US Army firebases 69 : C-Btry. Hwy 14, firing numerous missions, Hip-Shoot style over a period of a few Check with where he attended boot camp I am trying to get my dads right now. HILL also YA 922-270 8km ENE Duc Co AF, 37km WSW Pleiku. 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. casualty: Timothy Lee White. per shrapnel in left leg, sent back to LZ Blackhawk. During the first part of that tour (66-67) he was a door gunner on Westmorelands chopperwherever that was. The west half-circle forms a grid zone with designation A; the east half-circle forms one with designation B; see figure 3. to LZ Joan. 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).