The Rockpile

The Rockpile
The Rockpile
Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam
	Photograph of the Rockpile and surrounding terrain from 2010
Coordinates	16°46′49.82″N 106°51′7.37″E / 16.7805056°N 106.8520472°E
Type	Marines[clarification needed]
Site history
Built	1966
In use	1966–1973
Battles/wars	; Vietnam War
Garrison information
Occupants	3rd Marine Division, 1st Marine Division

The Rockpile (also known as Elliot Combat Base) and known in Vietnamese as Núi Một, is a solitary karst rock outcropping north of Route 9 and south of the former Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Its relatively inaccessible location, reached only by helicopter, made it an important United States Army and US Marine Corps observation post and artillery base from 1966 to 1969.