Camp Frenzell-Jones
The Brigade Main Base was named Camp Frenzell-Jones in ceremonies on September 18, 1967.
A Memorial Plaque was placed on a stone base at the foot of the Brigade flagstaffs in honor
of the two solders from the 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry who died near Thu Duc on January 21 of that year,
Following is the inscription on the plaque:
Regardless of political and historical revisions, the men who went to Vietnam with the Brigade beleived
they were sent to stop the Communists from overrunning the country. After nearly four years of fighting
the Brigade was withdrawn and deactivated in October, 1970. That November, Pacific Architects an
Engineers were sent to the old Brigade Main Base to salvage building materials. Soon, all that was
left to be slowly covered by the dust, mud, and undergrowth were the cement pads on which the buildings had stood.
The physical trappings may be gone, but as long as
Whether the veterns of other units can claim this is a matter for their reflection, but for those of us in the 199th
Light Infantry Brigade - the Redcatchers - the final words of Specialist Four Jones were prophetic and can be
paraphased for us all:
