The Vietnam Service Medal was awarded to veterans who served within the precisely outlined areas which the Department of Defence specified as the War Zone for Vietnam. It is described as follows:
Vietnam and contiguous waters, as used herein, is defined as an area which includes Vietnam and the water adjacent thereto within the following specified limits: From a point on the East Coast of Vietnam at the juncture of Vietnam with China southeastward to 21 N. Latitude, 108° 15'E. Longitude; thence, southward to 18° N. Latitude, 108° 15'E. Longitude; thence southeastward to 17° 30'N. Latitude, 111° E. Longitude; thence southward to 11° N. Latitude; 111° E. Longitude, thence southwestward to 7° N. Latitude, 105° E. Longitude; thence westward to 7° N. Latitude, 103° E. longitude, thence northward to 9° 30'N. Latitude, 103° E. Longitude, thence northeastward to 10° 15'N. Latitude, 104° 27'E. Longitude, thence northward to a point on the West Coast of Vietnam at the juncture of Vietnam with Cambodia.
This Image shows the outline of the area of ocean water as designated in the description above, which then follows the land basedboundary of the Country.
30 Mar 07 - Some statistics on Vietnam Veterans from the DVA
as a MSWord downloadable document
6 Mar 08 - We have a listing of ships that served in Vietnam as submitted by our Blue Water Navy Members.
NO! The list is NOT COMPLETE. Hopefully it will keep growing and growing.
You MUST BE A REGISTERED MEMBER of Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association to submit a ship's name for the list.
The procedure for submitting a ship to the list of ships that served in Vietnam is as follows:
(all three information items must be submitted)
Name of Ship
Ship Hull Number
URL - Internet link to the ship's Web site
Email this information to ngfs66@vetsnet.us
The Listing of the Ships of Vietnam appears on http://www.vnvets.blogspot.com/
down the right hand column.
1/1/08 - Yankee Station - from Wikipedia
1/1/08 - Naval Historical Center - ships history - deck logs, etc
26 Nov 07 - Obtain the MASTER LIST OF UNIT AWARDS AND CAMPAIGN MEDALS for all Naval Vessels - Large PDF file download
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