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Firebase Mile High
Coordinates 14°23′53″N 107°43′08″E / 14.398°N 107.719°E / 14.398; 107.719 (Firebase Mile High)
Type Army
Site information
Condition abandoned
Site history
Built 1968
In use 1968-70
Battles/wars Vietnam Service Ribbon
Vietnam War
Garrison information
Occupants 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry

Firebase Mile High (also known as LZ Mile High or Hill 1198) was a U.S. Army firebase located northwest of Kontum in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

History[]

Mile High was established by the 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry in March 1968 approximately 32 km northwest of Kontum.[1]

Other units based at Mile High included:

Current use[]

The base has reverted to jungle.

See also[]

References[]

  1. Kelley, Michael (2002). Where we were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press. pp. 5–334. ISBN 978-1555716257. 
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