Original Item: Only One Available. An outstanding example of a uniform worn by a Specialist 4th Class Aircrewman who was a member of the 9th Infantry Division. The jacket is a standard ripstop poplin Jacket, which features a mix of U.S. made and locally produced “Incountry” made insignia ,which was commonly sourced from Vietnamese sewing shops. The Jacket includes an Incountry-Made variant of the standard issue Army “Baseball Cap” Fatigue Cap with direct embroider Specialist 4th Class Insignia.

The name tapes are a matching set of Incountry-Made Variety. The 9th Infantry Division is a Vietnamese Incountry-made version made with black velvet. There is an aircrew wing above the US Army Tape that is Vietnamese-Made and embroidered by hand. The Specialist 4th Rank Insignias are U.S. Made cut-edge twill versions.

The cap is also Incountry-Made, being the type sold privately to serviceman serving in Vietnam. It features all the telltale signs of Vietnamese construction, with a Specialist 4th Class Rank Insignia direct embroidered to the front of the cap.

Vietnam Jungle Fatigues with original applied insignia are becoming incredibly hard to find at present. This particular jacket has the tell tale signs of having had the insignia applied for a long time, such as the bunching of material on the reverse of the patches inside the jacket. This undoubtedly was a Jacket which saw service in Vietnam then returned home with a veteran!

Jacket is marked in the collar “Large-Regular”. Cap is roughly a size 7 1/8 .

Approx. Measurements:

Collar to shoulder: 10”
Shoulder to sleeve: 24”
Shoulder to shoulder: 19”
Chest width: 23"
Waist width: 23”
Hip width: 24”
Front length: 33"

The 9th Infantry Division In Vietnam:
The 9th Division was reactivated on 1 February 1966, and arrived in South Vietnam on 16 December 1966 from Fort Riley, Kansas. On deployment the division was assigned to the III Corps Tactical Zone of Vietnam where it commenced operations in Dinh Tuong and Long An Provinces (6 January-31 May 1967) in Operation Palm Beach. Its area of operations was in the rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta from 1967 to 1972. Operating deep within the Viet Cong (VC)–controlled Delta, the Division was charged with protecting the area and its population against VC insurgents and ensuring the success of the South Vietnamese government's pacification program. Faced with unrelenting physical hardships, a tenacious enemy and the region's rugged terrain, the Division established strategies and quantifiable goals for completing their mission.

Division commanding generals were: Maj. Gen. George S. Eckhardt (February 1966 - June 1967), Maj. Gen. George G. O'Connor (June 1967 - February 1968), Maj. Gen. Julian Ewell (February 1968 - April 1969), Maj. Gen. Harris W. Hollis(April 1969 - August 1969)
The infantry units that served with the 9th Infantry Division were:

- 2d Battalion, 39th Infantry
- 3d Battalion, 39th Infantry
- 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry
- 2d Battalion, 47th Infantry (Mechanized)
- 3d Battalion, 47th Infantry (Riverine)
- 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry (Riverine)
- 2d Battalion, 60th Infantry
- 3d Battalion, 60th Infantry (Riverine)
- 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry (Mechanized Dec. 1966 – 12 September 1968; Infantry 13 September 1968 – October 1970)
- 6th Battalion, 31st Infantry

Other units included:

- Company E, 50th Infantry (reflagged Co. E, 75th Inf (Ranger)), 2 December 1967 – Aug 1969
- Company E, 75th Infantry, Oct 1969 – Oct 1970
- 3d Squadron, 5th Cavalry, Feb 1967 – Nov 1971
- 9th Aviation Battalion, Jan 1967 – Aug 1969
- 2d Battalion, 4th Artillery (105mm Howitzer), Jan 1967 – Oct 1970
- 1st Battalion, 11th Artillery (105mm Howitzer), Jan 1967 – Aug 1969
- 3d Battalion, 34th Artillery (105mm Howitzer)(Riverine), Dec 1966 – Jul 1969 (Riverine)
- 1st Battalion, 84th Artillery (155mm Howitzer/8-inch Howitzer), Feb 1967 – Aug 1969
- 15th Engineer Battalion, Oct 1966 – Aug 1969
- 571st Engineer Company, Oct 1969 – Oct 1970
- 9th Medical Battalion, 4 January 1967 – 18 August 1969
- 9th Signal Battalion, 19 December 1966 – 19 August 1969
- 9th Supply and Transport Battalion, 16 December 1966 – 23 August 1969
- 709th Maintenance Battalion, 26 January 1967 – 20 August 1969
- 9th Adjutant General Company, 30 December 1966 – 26 August 1969
- 9th Military Police Company, 19 December 1966 – 25 September 1969
- 335th Army Security Agency Company (a.k.a. "335th Radio Research Unit"), 12 January 1967 – 5 April 1971
- 99th Support Battalion, 1 October 1969 – 12 October 1970
- 493 Military Intelligence Detachment, 3/9th Inf Div, 19 December 1966 - 20 August 1970

One of the experimental units serving with the division was the 39th Cavalry Platoon (Air Cushion Vehicle) which used three of the specially designed hovercraft to patrol marshy terrain like the Plain of Reeds along the south Vietnamese/Cambodian border. Other experimental units were the 1st and 2nd Airboat Platoons, which operated Hurricane Aircat airboats.

From 1967 on, one of the division's brigades (the 2d Brigade) was the Army contingent of the Mobile Riverine Force(MRF). This brigade lived on the ships of Navy Task Force 117, and were transported on their infantry missions throughout the Mekong Delta on Tango boats (converted landing craft) supported by various other armored boats. The MRF was often anchored near the South Vietnamese city of Mỹ Tho, or near the Division's Đồng Tâm Base Camp and they conducted operations in coordination with the Navy SEAL teams, the South Vietnamese Marines, units of the ARVN 7th Division and River Assault Groups. Following the Tet offensive in 1968, General Westmoreland stated that the Division and the MRF saved the Delta region from falling to the People's Army of Vietnam forces. In 1969, the division also operated throughout IV Corps..

Chuck Hagel, former Secretary of Defense, served in the 9th ID from 1967 to 1968. Holding the rank of Sergeant (E-5), he served as an infantry squad leader.[15] Hagel served in the same infantry squad as his younger brother Tom, and they are believed to be the only American siblings to do so during the Vietnam War.

In the 1994 film Forrest Gump, the eponymous main character was a member of the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam, notably: 4th Platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry.

The Division's major units departed South Vietnam on 27 August 1969 (HHC & 1st Brigade) to Hawaii; 27 August 1969 (2nd Brigade) to Fort Lewis, Washington; 12 October 1970 (3rd Brigade) to Fort Lewis.