Vietnam Artillery Units,
Groups & Commands
of the US Army
INDEX
Complete list of U.S. Army Vietnam Artillery Units
FIRST FIELD FORCE VIETNAM ARTILLERY
SECOND FIELD FORCE VIETNAM ARTILLERY
XXIV Corps Artillery
23rd Artillery Group
41st Artillery Group
52nd Artillery Group
54th Artillery Group
97th Artillery Group
108th Artillery Group
INTRODUCTION
15th Field Artillery and all US Army Vietnam artillery units
During the Vietnam War, the 7th Battalion/15th Field Artillery was part of larger artillery
groups or commands. Originally, the battalion was part of the 41st Artillery
Group. Later in the war, the 7/15th was under the 52nd Artillery Group. Both
artillery groups were part of First Field Force Vietnam Artillery (IFFV Arty), in the 2
Corps Tactical Zone (CTZ).
The 6th Battalion/15th Artillery was in the 23rd Artillery Group, which was part of Second Field Force Artillery, in the 3 Corps Tactical Zone (CTZ). There were four Tactical Zones in South Vietnam; I Corps was the farthest north just below the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), II Corps included the Central Highlands which was the 7/15th's Area of Operations (AO), III Corps was the 6/15th's AO, and IV Corps included the Mekong Delta and the southernmost parts of Vietnam. (See Map Room)
At the bottom of this page is a new section
containing a list of ALL US Army Vietnam Artillery units. Please inform
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"A
battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets"
General
William Tecumseh Sherman
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FIRST FIELD FORCE VIETNAM ARTILLERY
"First For Freedom"
16 November 1965 - 21 June 1972
During the Vietnam conflict, the following artillery units
served at one time or another
with IFFV Arty:
5th Battalion, 27th Artillery
Battery B, 29th Artillery
8th Battalion, 4th Artillery
1st Battalion, 30th Artillery
3rd Battalion, 6th Artillery
6th Battalion, 32nd Artillery
7th Battalion, 8th Artillery
6th Battalion, 33rd Artillery
7th Battalion, 13th Artillery
1st Battalion, 39th Artillery
6th Battalion, 14th Artillery
1st Battalion, 40th Artillery
7th Battalion, 15th Artillery
1st Battalion, 44th Artillery
5th Battalion, 16th Artillery
4th Battalion, 60th Artillery
2nd Battalion, 17th Artillery
6th Battalion, 84th Artillery
3rd Battalion, 18th Artillery
1st Battalion, 92nd Artillery
5th Battalion, 22nd Artillery
2nd Battalion, 94th Artillery
Photo: 15th webmaster - 1971
SECOND FIELD FORCE VIETNAM ARTILLERY
8 March 1966 - 2 May 1971
During the Vietnam conflict the following artillery units served at one time or
another under II Field Force Artillery control:
3rd Battalion, 16th Artillery
1st Battalion, 27th Artillery
5th Battalion, 2nd Artillery
6th Battalion, 27th Artillery
3rd Battalion, 6th Artillery
2nd Battalion, 32nd Artillery
1st Battalion, 8th Artillery
2nd Battalion, 35th Artillery
7th Battalion, 8th Artillery
5th Battalion, 42nd Artillery
7th Battalion, 9th Artillery
6th Battalion, 77th Artillery
2nd Battalion, 11th Artillery
1st Battalion, 83rd Artillery
2nd Battalion, 12th Artillery
1st Battalion, 92nd Artillery
2nd Battalion, 13th Artillery
2nd Battalion, 94th Artillery
6th Battalion, 15th Artillery
3rd Battalion, 197th Artillery
265th Field Artillery Radar Detachment
Complete list of US Army Vietnam Artillery Units
"Artillery conquers and infantry
occupies" J.F.C. Fuller
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Major Commands
Comments
I FIELD FORCE
VIETNAM ARTILLERY
Originally was XXX Corps Artillery
II FIELD FORCE
VIETNAM ARTILLERY
Contact: Stu Sears
Responsible for III Corps And IV Corps artillery units
Originally "Provisional Corps Vietnam Artillery"
Under II Field Force Vietnam
Under I Field Force Vietnam
Under I Field Force Vietnam
Under II Field Force Vietnam
Controlled two battalions of HAWK missiles
Under XXIV Corps Artillery
Gun 2 - 'A'
Battery - 8/4th Artillery
Camp J.J. Carroll - September 1970
Republic of Vietnam
Photo: Bob Webster
or
Battery
Comments
SP = Self-propelled
T = Towed
H = Howitzer
Dusters = Dual 40mm guns SP
Quads = Quad 50 machineguns
Headquarters Battery,
1st Infantry Division Artillery
105mm H T, 155mm H T,
+ 8-inch H SP (M110)
5th Battalion, 2nd Artillery
Contact: Irv
Livingston
Dusters (Battery D, 71st Arty Quads attached)
105mm H T
155mm H SP (M109)
175mm gun SP (M107) + 8-inch H SP (M110)
Headquarters
Battery, 4th Infantry Division Artillery
Contact: Dante'
M. Puccetti
Division Survey section was in Camp Enari along with Survey Info Center and S3
1st Battalion, 5th Artillery
Contact:
James Strange B Btry
'68-'69
105mm H T
3rd Battalion, 6th Artillery
Contact: Bill Hilling
105mm H SP (M108)
8th Battalion, 6th Artillery
Contact: "Boz"
Boswell
155mm H T + 8-inch H SP (M110)
1st Battalion, 7th Artillery
Contact:
Dave Teke
105mm H T "THE PHEONS"
1st Battalion, 8th Artillery
Contact: Bert Allen
105mm H T
7th Battalion, 8th Artillery
Contact:
Gary D. Harrington
175mm gun SP (M107) + 8-inch H SP (M110)
2nd Battalion, 9th Artillery
Contact: Dennis
Dauphin
105mm H T
7th Battalion, 9th Artillery
Contact: Ron
Faircloth
105mm H T
1st,
2nd & 3rd Howitzer Batteries, 11th ACR
Contact: Steve
Dennis
155mm H SP (M109)
1st Battalion, 11th Artillery
105mm H T
155mm H T
6th
Battalion, 11th Artillery
Contact: James
Schilling
(There
is no relation between the contact person and website)
105mm H T
105mm H T
155mm H T
105mm H T
3rd
Battalion, 13th Artillery
Contact: Dave
Emborsky
155mm H T + 8-inch H SP (M110)
7th Battalion, 13th Artillery
Contact: Robert Wronski
105mm H T
1st
Battalion, 14th Artillery [2]
Contact: Al Simms, Jr.
105mm H T
Countermortar Q4 Radar
6th Battalion, 14th Artillery
Contact: Joe DiPardo
175mm gun SP (M107) + 8-inch H SP (M110)
6th
Battalion, 15th Artillery
Contact:
Charles
E. Sones
105mm H T
7th Battalion, 15th
Artillery
Contact: Dave Holdorf
175mm gun SP (M107) + 8-inch H SP (M110)
3rd Battalion, 16th Artillery
Contact: Bill Wright
155mm H T
155mm H SP (M109) + 8-inch H SP (M110)
Battery C, 6th Howitzer Battalion, 16th
Artillery
Contact:
Mike Pastula
155mm H T
Battery F, 16th Artillery
Contact: Jay Kute
155mm H T
105mm H T
3rd
Battalion, 18th Artillery
Contact:
Garry Baxter
175mm gun SP (M107) + 8-inch H SP (M110)
105mm H T
2nd
Battalion, 20th Artillery
Contact: Russ
Warriner
Aerial Rocket
105mm H T
5th Battalion, 22nd Artillery
Contact: Steve Sipos
175mm gun SP (M107) + 8-inch H SP (M110)
Battery D, 25th Artillery
Target Acquisition
Headquarters Battery,
8th Battalion, 25th
Artillery
Target Acquisition
Battery C,
2nd Battalion,
26th Artillery
Target Acquisition
Battery F, 26th Artillery
Target Acquisition
Battery F, 26th Artillery Provisional
105mm H T
Headquarters Battery,
8th Battalion, 26th
Artillery
Contact: Robert Wronski
Target Acquisition
1st
Battalion, 27th Artillery
Contact: Ron
Steele
155mm H SP
5th
Battalion, 27th Artillery
Contact: Ron
Steele
105mm H T
6th
Battalion, 27th Artillery
Contact: Ron
Steele
175mm gun SP (M107) + 8-inch H SP (M110)
Searchlights
(attached to the 4/60th [ADA])
6th Battalion, 29th Artillery
105mm H T
Battery G, 29th Artillery
Contact: Gary Puro
Searchlights
Battery G, 29th Artillery Provisional
105mm H T
Battery H, 29th Artillery
Contact: Holly Clark
Searchlights
Battery I, 29th Artillery
Searchlights
1st Battalion, 30th Artillery
Contact:
Dan Gillotti
155mm H T
2nd Battalion, 32nd Artillery
Contact: Jerry Bursky
175mm gun SP (M107) + 8-inch H SP (M110)
6th Battalion, 32nd Artillery
Contact: David
Lozano
175mm gun SP (M107) + 8-inch H SP (M110)
2nd Battalion, 33rd Artillery
Contact: Charles Workman
105mm H T
6th Battalion, 33rd Artillery
Contact:
Clyde
Lewandowski
105mm H T
3rd Battalion, 34th Artillery
105mm H T - Provided artillery support for the 9th ID mobile riverine operations from barges
2nd Battalion, 35th Artillery
Contact:
Thomas
M. Larson
155mm H SP (M109)
37th
Artillery
Contact: William
McBride
(not
a Vietnam artillery unit)
World War 2 & Korean War
105mm H T
1st Battalion, 39th Artillery
Contact: Bob
Coleates
155mm H SP (M109)
175mm gun SP (M107) + 8-inch H SP (M110)
105mm H SP (M108)
2nd Battalion, 40th Artillery
Contact:
Charles Engel
105mm H T
Battery E, 41st Artillery
Quads (attached to the 4/60th [ADA])
4th Battalion, 42nd Artillery
Contact:
John F. Karr
105mm H T
5th Battalion, 42nd Artillery
Contact:
Rod Shaughnessy
155mm H T
1st Battalion, 44th Artillery
Contact: Jim
Ballowe
Dusters and Quads
Battery G, 55th Artillery
Quads (attached to Americal Division)
6th Battalion, 56th Artillery
HAWK missiles
4th Battalion, 60th Artillery
Contact: Richard
Wessling
Dusters / Quads of Battery E, 41st Artillery
Battery G, 65th Artillery
Quads
Battery D, 71st Artillery
Quads
6th Battalion, 71st Artillery
HAWK missiles
105mm H T
105mm H T
4th Battalion,
77th Artillery
Contact:
Russ Warriner
Aerial Rocket
105mm H T
Aerial Rocket
Battery
F, 79th Artillery
Contact:
Russ Warriner
Aerial Rocket
1st
Battalion, 82nd Artillery
Contact:
Ron Griffin
155mm H T + 8-inch H SP (M110)
3rd
Battalion, 82nd Artillery
Contact:
George Whitehouse
105mm H T
B Battery fired the last US Army artillery round
in Vietnam in August 1972. Photo below was submitted by Gordon
E. Thomas
Battery E, 82nd Artillery
Contact:
John Howard
Aviation/Observation
1st Battalion, 83rd Artillery
Contact
Bill Taggart
175mm gun SP (M107) + 8-inch H SP (M110)
1st Battalion, 84th Artillery
Contact: Rick
Guidi
155mm H T + 8-inch H SP (M110)
6th Battalion, 84th Artillery
Contact: Chris
Muller
155mm H T
1st
Battalion, 92nd Artillery
Contact:
David Powell
155mm H T
2nd Battalion, 94th Artillery [2]
175mm gun SP (M107) + 8-inch H SP (M110)
108th FA Group
Contact: Jim
Richie
108th FA Group Aerial Observation (VATLS)
2nd Battalion, 138th Artillery
155mm H SP (M109)
3rd Battalion, 197th Artillery
155mm H T
2nd Battalion, 319th Artillery
Contact:
Phillip Jordan
105mm H T
3rd Battalion, 319th Artillery
Contact:
Paul
Dinardo
105mm H T Airborne
"C" Battery fired the first US Army artillery round
in Vietnam
2nd Battalion, 320th Artillery
Contact:
D.
Angel
105mm H T Airborne
1st Battalion, 321st Artillery
Contact: Armon
Allen
105mm H T
2nd Battalion, 321st Artillery
105mm H T Airborne
Battery A, 377th Artillery
Contact: Jason
Miller
Aviation - Observation
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ARTILLERY LINKS
Fire
Mission -
commands used in artillery fire missions
Arty Heroes - artillerymen
earning the Medal of Honor
Arty Legends - legends and
tales of the field artillery
Arty Stories - Vietnam
artillery stories (also see articles)
Arty Units - detailed list
of artillery units in Vietnam
Big Guns - learn about the
8" Howitzer and 175mm gun
Photos - Vietnam War
artillery pieces in action