I was in the Army Artillery in 1966 and 67 in Quang Tri Provence. My unit, 1st Bn. 40th Arty was attached to the 3rd Marine Division and a Marine Artillery Battery (M109 Self-propelled Howitzers) was next to ours. I believe it was the 12th Regiment, but others think it was the 11th. Can any of you tell me which regiment was at Dong Ha, Vietnam in 1967? Thanks
I WAS AT DONG HA WITH KILO 4/13 BATTERY WHICH WERE M-109 HOWITZER. OUR REAR HEAD OUARTERS WAS AT DONG HA. WE WERE UP AT FIRE BASE C-2 WHICH WAS NORTH OF DONG HA. KILO 4/13 I BELIVE WAS ATTACHED TO THE 5TH MARINE DIVISION. I WAS AT THIS LOCATION IN LATE 68. WE THEN MOVED TO PHU BAI THEN TO DANANG THEN TO AN HOA.
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Originally posted by 8963419: I was in the Army Artillery in 1966 and 67 in Quang Tri Provence. My unit, 1st Bn. 40th Arty was attached to the 3rd Marine Division and a Marine Artillery Battery (M109 Self-propelled Howitzers) was next to ours. I believe it was the 12th Regiment, but others think it was the 11th. Can any of you tell me which regiment was at Dong Ha, Vietnam in 1967? Thanks
The 13th Marines as the 26th and 27 Marine were indeed 5th Marine Division attached to the 3rd Marine Division in Viet Nam during the War...the 11th Marine were part of the 1st Marine Division and were never up north...
Originally posted by joeamodeo: The 13th Marines as the 26th and 27 Marine were indeed 5th Marine Division attached to the 3rd Marine Division in Viet Nam during the War...the 11th Marine were part of the 1st Marine Division and were never up north...
Maybe just a bad dream. The First Bn 11th Marines, Hdqtrs, Alpha Btry, Bravo Btry, and a small portion of Whiskey Btry supported the 1st and 2nd Bns of the 1st Marines at Khe Sanh and the surrounding hills. 1/11 relieved 1/13 at KSCB early April 68' and left when the base was abandoned in late June. One A/1/11 FO was KIA with 1/1 in early July near there. This post is not intended to be critical of Joe's post above. Bubby
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I was assigned to the 1 Bn 40th Artillery i967-1968. My first job was as liason officer to the 12th Marine Division at Dong Ha. It was the 12th for sure. It was located next to the Hq Btry of the 1/40th artillery. We had M109 self propelled Howitzers with units at the rock pile, C1, Dong Ha. I am rodabaugh@cox.net. Let me know if you were there at the same time.
12th Marine artillery regiment elements were at Dong Ha and Artillery Plateau which became Camp JJ Carrol in June 66 when I went north from Da Nang. My comm team was originally attached to a battery of the 12th and moved over to be attached to 3rd Marine Reg Hq at what was to become Camp Carrol when 3rd Marines arrived. Sometime during the next few weeks Army Artillery units also arrived at Artillery plateau. An Army 175 set in across the road, if u could call it a road, from us. When they fired in our direction the muzzle of the gun was almost directly overhead. Artillery plateau officialy became Camp J. J. Carrol on 10 November 1966. General Walt, CG of III MAF was present for the dedication and visited our bunker and others that day.
Originally posted by DuaneTRodabaugh: I was assigned to the 1 Bn 40th Artillery i967-1968. My first job was as liason officer to the 12th Marine Division at Dong Ha. It was the 12th for sure. It was located next to the Hq Btry of the 1/40th artillery. We had M109 self propelled Howitzers with units at the rock pile, C1, Dong Ha. I am rodabaugh@cox.net. Let me know if you were there at the same time.
Hello Col. I was Liason Sgt at 12th Marines, Jan - June 1967 from 1/40 FA. Cpt Williams was our S-3 and Lt Jim Reynolds was Bn FDO. Maj Alfred Gray was 12t hMar S-3. Been almost forty years cant remember many folks. But i sure enjoyed the duty.
KILO 4/13 WAS AT DONG HA. AND C-2 WHICH WAS NORTH OF DONG HA. K 4/13 THEN LEFT DONG HA AND TRAVELED SOUTH TO PHU BAI, DA NANG, AND AN HOA. WE LEFT DONG HA IN AUG.69 SEMPER FI JOE
It is interesting to see how the same BTRY's support the same infantry 30 years later. I was with A 1/11 in Desert Storm and on one of their west pacs. Both times we were the DS BTRY for 1/1. Now that changed in 93 when I got transferred over to G2/12 which was part of 5/11. We went over to Okinawa with 1/1 to go out with the 31st MEU SOC. That must be the first time they ever were apart.
Originally posted by 8963419: I was in the Army Artillery in 1966 and 67 in Quang Tri Provence. My unit, 1st Bn. 40th Arty was attached to the 3rd Marine Division and a Marine Artillery Battery (M109 Self-propelled Howitzers) was next to ours. I believe it was the 12th Regiment, but others think it was the 11th. Can any of you tell me which regiment was at Dong Ha, Vietnam in 1967? Thanks
I was with 3d Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment (Artillery) in Vietnam from Sep 66 thru Mar 67. We opened Camp Carroll in the Fall of 66. We had an Army Artillery detachment join us with a "big gun", I forget it's nomenclature. They also had two Army vehicle mounted twin 40's and quad 50's. From Camp Carroll, we moved north of the Cam Lo River and set up camp. In late 66, we moved south in two separate groups, each first spending time in Dong Ha, before going to Pho Troc. Hope this helps. Ed Mazzei
K/4/13 was part of the 5th Marine Division, but in Vietnam, it was attached to 12th Marines, 3rd Division. I joined K/4/13 in March of 1968 at C-2, and left the battery in September of 1968. A story for the original poster: At Gio Linh in the winter of 67/68, we had Marine M109s, Army M108s, a Marine 155 gun, a Marine tank, ARVN on the NE side of the hill, other units, and a tracked twin forty. I was "in charge" of the hill from 12 to 2400 hours. We had been given outlines of jets which the North Vietnamese might use, and we had been warned that they might attack. One day, jets flew over us and began bombing the combined Marine/ARVN base to the south of us, just north of the Cua Viet river. Figuring that the jets were North Vietnamese, I rang up the twin forty and asked them if they remembered how to fire AA, and told them to stand by. The jets didn't fly back over us, so the twin forty didn't get to show its anti-aircraft skills. The twin forty had been used in an anti-personnel role before, and it was used the same way after. The jets? I think that they were US Navy. Perhaps they thought that just north of the Cua Viet was just north of the Ben Hai. At least that's the way I remember it. David Berentson
I joined K413 on 1 July 1966 at Camp Pendleton and our maling address was K Battery 4BN 13th Marines, RLT 26 FRS TRPS FMF PAC, MCB Camp Pendleton Calif, 92055. We left the states on July 27, 1966 and most of the Battery was aboard the USS Henrico. We stopped in Hawaii for a weekend of liberty and continued on to Okinawa. We spent a few weeks of training on Okinawa and we were sent off to Camp Fuji in Japan for training with the Japanese Defense Force. Our voyage was quite a ride, we ere being chased by a typhoon. We landed and set up camp and that night got hit by th typhoon. The jeeps and little mighty mites did not stand a chance. We were soaked to the bones. After our traing in Japan, we were put on C130 and sent to Manila to guard President Johnson at the Mainila Summit Conference. This was approximately Sept. 24 to 28th, 1966. We returned to Okinawa aboard a Merchant ship. Much to our dismay, a large number of us were transfered out of the unit and got orders to replenish losses in Nam. To think that after all the training we went through as a unit, the CG in Oki would split some of the unit. Some of the comm and gun crews were sent to different units in Nam. I was assigned to the 11th Marines but I really wish I could have served with K 413. We trained and sweat together and developed a cohesive well oiled machine.
When the 3rd Marine Division was in Vietnam they had 12th marines. They moved to Okinawa and the lst Marine Division moved in with 11th Marines. I was there in 70 - 71. Bravo 1/ll was on Hill 55 in Quang Tri Province. Hill 65 also had a Marine Battery. Bravo 1/ll was the last Marine Artillery Battery pulled from Vietnam. We shipped out of there in June of 1971 back to Camp Pendleton.
