Vandegrift Combat Base information

Vandegrift Combat Base (also known as FSB Vandegrift and LZ Stud) is a former U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)...

: 284  With the closure of Khe Sanh Combat Base in July 1968, Ca Lu and Landing Zone Stud, renamed Vandegrift Combat base were the westernmost Marine bases...

Hà, Gia Le, Quang Tri, Cửa Việt, Camp Carroll, Cam Lộ, and the Vandegrift Combat Base. After Vietnam the battalion was moved to Camp Schwab, Okinawa,...

It was approximately 9 km south of Ca Lu Combat Base and 12 km southeast of Vandegrift Combat Base. The base was secured by the 3rd Battalion 9th Marines...

USS Vandegrift (FFG-48) was an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate of the United States Navy. The ship was named for General Alexander A. Vandegrift (1887–1973)...

Guadalcanal Campaign, the 1st Marine Division under Major General Alexander Vandegrift were posted to the cooler climate of Melbourne, Australia. As the Marines...

: 70–2  On the evening of 11 February Forward Support Area 26-1 at Vandegrift Combat Base was hit by six 122mm rockets killing four U.S. troops.: 73  On the...

Battalion 4th Marines clear and search and security operation around Vandegrift Combat Base. The operation resulted in 23 PAVN and ten Marines killed.: 159–64 ...

Vietnam. The base was established overlooking the Đa Krông Valley 38 km southeast of Vandegrift Combat Base 1 km north of Route 922. The base was named after...

saw only minor skirmishes with the PAVN. 2/4 Marines arrived at Vandegrift Combat Base on 16 October and left the operation, while the 3/4 Marines, joined...

": 12  On 18 January the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines was lifted from Vandegrift Combat Base to reoccupy Firebase Henderson. On 20 January Company L, 3/9 Marines...

1955 and escalating into direct US involvement in a ground war in 1965. US combat forces were withdrawn in early 1973 pursuant to the Paris Peace Accords...

site of a Japanese seaplane base) were carried out by US Marines under the command of Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift. These were followed by units...

central Vietnam. The base was established on Dong Toan Mountain east of Highway 9 overlooking the site of the former Vandegrift Combat Base. The 2nd Battalion...

Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The 4th Marine Regiment based at Vandegrift Combat Base was given the mission of forcing the 246th Regiment back into...

base; 2/9 Marines patrolled the surrounding area forcing the PAVN to withdraw.: 72  On 6 July the 2/9 Marines and 3/9 Marines returned to Vandegrift Combat...

nine dead. Company I arrived at Hill 154 and was then withdrawn to Vandegrift Combat Base. Meanwhile, Company L reinforced by a platoon from Company H, 2/3...

operational control of the 3rd Marine Regiment would move west from Vandegrift Combat Base along Route 9 to Lang Vei and then south to join up with the Marines...