A few Vietnam War era Army Shirts and Jackets

1st pattern jungle jacket. Still has it's gas flag. This model had exposed buttons and side take in tabs. Size Medium/Regular. 173rd Airborne Sergeant. All insignia is theater made except for the color 173rd AB, which is an early cut-edge US issue type. Sergeant rank is black velvet on twill. CIB and jump wings are hand embroidered.

2nd Pattern Jungle Jacket. These has concealed buttons, but retain the side tabs, gas flap, and shoulder straps. This one is from a 1st Div. Master Sergeant. Issue insignia. Sleeves have been shortened to 3/4 length. Done in-country.

Another 2nd pattern. This one is near mint.

3rd pattern jungle jacket. Early one in poplin. This one has theater made nametape. I believe the branch tape was added later. Issue type jump wings on sateen, "Jungle Expert" pocket patch, and 82nd AB patch. This model did away with the shoulder straps, take in tabs, and gas flap. There are 4 variations. Early ones are poplin with neck hanger and large label, next are poplin with hanger and small tag, then poplin and no hanger, finally rip-stop poplin.

This one is poplin with small label(missing) and neck hanger.

3rd pattern in poplin with small label and neck hanger. Dated 67. Early subdued on twill branch tape. WO3 and Aviator wings are issue on sateen. 1st Avn Bde is issue. WO branch is in-country made on ARVN cloth. This one has added shoulder straps made from rip-stop material. I have his nametape off a rotted utility shirt to restore it.

Hi 1stDivVet. Great gear you have there. Jim. Do you have the first pattern, can't get them down here ?

nice collection of all the models well done.

HI. Thanks Jimmy that made me look twice. For some reason I pictured the first pattern as having exposed buttons all the way down the front. Will now check what I have. Jim

Thank you guys! I've had many of these for decades. The plain 2nd pattern and the 1st pattern are both newer aquisitions. The 1st pattern cost me a lot, but I'm pleased with it.

3rd pattern in rip-stop. Pin on Spc-6 rank, issue tapes, theater made MACV on twill with velvet panels.

Early 1st pattern utility shirt. Brown, rimmed buttons, straight cuffs, and straight pocket flap. Cut edge 11th Airborne patch, jump wings, and rigger made nametape.

2nd pattern utility shirt with green, rimmed buttons, straight cuffs, and clipped edge pocket flaps.
Subdued tapes, cut edge Sgt rank and 24th Div. Cut edge 1st Cav(combat).

3rd pattern utility shirt with V pocket flaps, button cuffs, and donut buttons. Subdued, theater made tapes, Spc-5 rank on twill, Army Security Agency, and I FFV(combat).

3rd pattern utility shirt. Issue subdued Spc-5 rank on twill, theater made branch tape and 1st Signal Bde. on twill with velvet panels.

Food Service Shirt. Subdued tapes, jump wings and CIB on sateen, and 173rd Airborne(combat), color 101st Airborne patches.

Early 2nd pattern shirt with cuff tabs. 64 dated.

70 dated NOMEX aircrew shirt. This one belonged to a friend of mine. He was a crew chief on one of the Razorbacks. He kept his original pocket patch, mine is a repro. The Snoopy is 1 of a pair he picked up while on R&R in Saigon. His mother had the other one that faced in the opposite direction.

3rd Pattern OD cotton sateen utility shirt. V pocket flaps, button cuffs. Has issue TRADOC patch on left sleeve and 25th Division on right(combat) sleeve. PX type branch tape and theater made name tape. Shirt is dated 72.








There were several patches in one of the pockets. One was an in-country made full color 25th Division patch on red velvet.