List of military bases in the U.S. where the use of Agent Orange has been documented, but the VA and the DOD have not recognized presumptive exposure to Agent Orange.

By Pat Elder
December 24, 2024

Read the accounts by veterans with various diseases and cancers attributed to Agent Orange claiming exposure to Agent Orange at these locations:

Gulfport, Mississippi
I got the Agent Orange on me while stationed at the Sea Bee Base, Gulfport https://www.va.gov/vetapp99/files1/9902412.txt

Fort Riley, Kansas
The appellant contends that the Veteran's fatal congestive heart failure was incurred in service as a result of his exposure to herbicides and pesticides at Fort Riley, Kansas.
https://www.va.gov/vetapp18/Files4/1823326.txt

Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia

The veteran stated that when he was in service, he was responsible for loading drums of Agent Orange into aircraft.  The veteran reported that a forklift had the forks set too high and cut a hole in two of the drums, resulting in the veteran being saturated with the contents.  The veteran and others allegedly wrapped the drums with duct tape and placed the drums into either a C-130 or C-118 aircraft.  He reported this incident occurred in Norfolk, Virginia in mid-June 1964. https://www.va.gov/vetapp05/files5/0534474.txt

Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, California

The Veteran stated that it is his belief he was exposed to Agent Orange while berthed at Coronado Island, in the United States. He stated various drums leaked into the dirt, roads, and eventually into the ocean.  He stated he walked through the leaked material which may have been herbicides. https://www.va.gov/vetapp15/Files2/1517368.txt

Naval Base San Diego, California

The Veteran alternately contends that he was exposed to an herbicide agent while stationed at the Naval base in San Diego, California.  He contends that he had exposure through run off from the coast, the drift of airborne spray, or from exposure to aircraft which flew into Vietnam. https://www.va.gov/vetapp12/files6/1242122.txt

 China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station, California
He reported that he witnessed 55-gallon drums that had orange rings around them and stated that he was told at the time the barrels contained Agent Orange. https://www.va.gov/vetapp17/Files7/1738540.txt

Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
As even he acknowledges, the veteran did not serve in Vietnam during the Vietnam era and, therefore, could not possibly have been exposed to herbicides (e.g., the dioxin in Agent Orange) in that capacity.  Instead, he alleges he was exposed to herbicides elsewhere - while stationed at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama. https://www.va.gov/vetapp08/files2/0810993.txt

Fort Bliss, Texas
The veteran alleges exposure to herbicides while stationed at Ft. Bliss, Texas, from cleaning and maintaining vehicles and equipment being sent home from war missions in Vietnam. https://www.va.gov/vetapp19/Files1/19102374.txt

Bolling AFB, Washington, DC

In correspondence dated in January 2017, the Veteran reported that he was a member of the 1100th Flight Line Maintenance Squadron at Bolling AFB in Washington D.C. from 1957 to 1960; that part of their mission was the cleaning of aircraft, including C-123 models, returning from overseas; and that “some had even been used for Agent Orange.” https://www.va.gov/vetapp19/Files3/19119417.txt

 Project SHAD off Hawaii
He also testified to his belief that the chemicals used in the SHAD testing near Hawaii included Agent Orange https://www.va.gov/vetapp14/Files4/1432308.txt

.Naval Air Station Jacksonville
He also reports that he was in the Naval Air Station at Jacksonville on four occasions for two days each time and that Agent Orange was stored there.
https://www.va.gov/vetapp11/files5/1142255.txt

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Quote from Dr. Alvin Young: “A mortality study had revealed no difference in the death rate of Ranch Hand personnel (those who sprayed Agent Orange) and other veterans who had not been exposed to the herbicide.” https://www.nature.com/articles/304006a0.pdf

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Naval Station Key West, Florida

The Veteran has alleged the use of herbicide agents or chemicals to include carbon tetrachloride, while the Veteran was stationed in Key West, Florida. https://www.va.gov/vetapp18/Files6/18107266.txt

Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida

The Veteran asserts that he was exposed to an herbicide agent in spring of 1969 when he was stationed at the naval air station in Pensacola, Florida for Naval Aviation Office School and Navy Pilot Training. https://www.va.gov/vetapp19/Files4/19127093.txt

Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Florida

The Appellant claims service connection is warranted for esophageal cancer. The Veteran claimed his cancer was secondary to his in-service herbicide exposure, from the water used on the USS America off the coast of Vietnam in 1972 and from being stationed at the Naval Air Station Whiting Field. https://www.va.gov/vetapp21/Files3/21017063.txt

Naval Station Mayport, Florida

He asserts specifically that he was at the Mayport Naval Station, which is located in Jacksonville, Florida, when aerial testing of Agent Purple was being performed.  He asserts that he was therefore exposed to Agent Purple during the aerial testing. https://www.va.gov/vetapp22/Files1/22002370.txt

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Quote from Dr. Alvin Young (Page 52) “The bad news is that Agent Orange was so widely dispersed by aerial spraying, ground vehicles, and by hand that virtually all who served there (in Vietnam) would have come in contact with it, but the good news is that most of it is not harmful.’’

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Eglin AFB, Florida

The Veteran also specified in a September 2011 VA Form 21-4138, that Eglin AFB was one of the few locations in the United States where Agent Orange was stored, tested, and sprayed; that this procedure contaminated the water, soil, animals, and personnel in the area; and that seven years of spraying had accumulated in the area due to wind, water, erosion, and animal movement by the time he served.  He later indicated that an Air Force study showed that Eglin AFB received at least 1300 times more dioxin per hectare than a hectare in Vietnam.
https://www.va.gov/vetapp19/Files4/19127093.txt

Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida
In a statement received by VA in October 2013, the Veteran contends she was exposed to Agent Orange while attending the Navy Photographic School in Pensacola, Florida. https://www.va.gov/vetapp19/Files3/19118730.txt

Wheeler Army Base, Hawaii

He testified that he believed he was exposed to Agent Orange and other herbicides.  He stated that as part of his training prior to his unit's deployment to the Republic of Vietnam, the Veteran and his unit spent days at a time in the Hawaiian jungle.  He  indicated at least part of that time was spent on a mountaintop that appeared to have been defoliated. https://www.va.gov/vetapp10/files3/1020924.txt

Hickam AFB, Hawaii

The Veteran's sole contention is that his service at Travis Air Force Base, Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines and Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii put him in contact with aircraft that was exposed to Agent Orange.
https://www.va.gov/vetapp15/Files3/1521304.txt

Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

The veteran rests his claims on the assertion that he was exposed to Agent Orange, some other herbicide, or some other toxic chemical, in a single event that took place in about August 1965. https://www.va.gov/vetapp10/files3/1020924.txt

Fort Meade, Maryland

The Veteran submitted evidence indicating that Agent Orange was tested at Fort Meade in 1964.  He asserts that although he was not there the year Agent Orange was tested, the chemicals remained in the soil and water and therefore, he was most likely exposed to these chemicals while stationed at Fort Drum and Fort Meade. https://www.va.gov/vetapp15/Files5/1537991.txt

George AFB, California

The Veteran and his representative contend that he is entitled to service connection for his heart disease due to exposure to Agent Orange and/or contaminants when he worked as a ground equipment repairman at George AFB in California working on aviation equipment and C-123 airplanes that returned from Vietnam. He also contends that his stroke residuals are secondary to his heart disease.
https://www.va.gov/vetapp22/Files10/A22020353.txt

Beaufort South Carolina

In an August 2018 statement, he reports that these chemicals, to include Agent Orange, were transported to his base at Beaufort, South Carolina so they could be burned. https://www.va.gov/vetapp22/Files2/A22003131.txt

Charleston AFB, South Carolina

The veteran contends that he was exposed to herbicides, Agent Orange in particular, while he was stationed at the  Charleston, South Carolina, Air Force Base from August 1967  through May 1969. https://www.va.gov/vetapp07/files4/0734800.txt

Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas

The Veteran asserts that while serving at Corpus Christi U.S. Naval Base in Corpus Christi, Texas, he was exposed to Agent Orange through helicopters brought back from Vietnam which he alleges were contaminated with the herbicide agent. https://www.va.gov/vetapp22/Files10/22058101.txt

Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas

The appellant asserts that the Veteran was exposed to herbicides while stationed at Carswell AFB, Fort Worth, Texas and while stationed in Guam. https://www.va.gov/vetapp13/Files2/1316725.txt

Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek - Fort Story, Virginia

In his September 2018 claim, the Veteran related his Parkinson’s to duty at Fort Eustis and Fort Story. In a December 2018 statement, he reported that he was exposed to Agent Orange on the perimeter at Fort Story. https://www.va.gov/vetapp21/Files4/21019828.txt

Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia

He indicated he attended schooling at Oceana, Virginia, for a three-month period.  He related that after service he was diagnosed with Burkett's lymphoma and was eventually awarded benefits based on disease caused by Agent Orange exposure. https://www.va.gov/vetapp02/files01/0203370.txt

Concord Naval Weapons Station, California

The lies are in here.

The veteran contends that he was exposed to Agent Orange while serving in a working party at the Concord, California, Naval Weapons Station while attached to the ammunition supply ship the U.S.S. Mount Hood, AE-29. https://www.va.gov/vetapp16/Files5/1638706.txt

Naval Auxiliary Landing Field San Clemente Island, California

The veteran contended that he was exposed to ionizing radiation and Agent Orange on San Clemente Island. https://www.va.gov/vetapp22/Files1/22000293.txt

Naval Support Activity Monterey, California

He related that he was exposed to some type of chemical at Monterey Naval Air Facility and that he was exposed to Agent Orange when he cleaned the airplanes that flew missions. https://www.va.gov/vetapp22/Files12/A22025428.txt

Naval Support Activity Orlando, Florida

The Veteran alleges that all of the claimed disabilities were caused by his exposure to Agent Orange that leached into the air from contaminated aircraft parts at the former McCoy Air Force Base in Orlando, Florida. https://www.va.gov/vetapp09/files4/0930880.txt

Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey

The Veteran contends that he was exposed to Agent Orange while performing guard duties at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey.  The Veteran asserts that he had to  guard various supplies, including 55-gallon drums of a liquid  he later found out was Agent Orange. The Veteran asserts the  drums would occasionally leak, and he would have to clean up the leakage without the benefit of protective garments. https://www.va.gov/vetapp10/Files2/1014402.txt

Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, White Sands Detachment, New Mexico

The Veteran maintains, in part, that his currently diagnosed diabetes mellitus and CAD are the result of having sprayed tactical herbicides while on temporary duty assignment (TDY) to support the Sargent Missile System at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, on three (3) occasions in 1968.  The veteran cited "Installation Assessment of White Sands Missile Range, Report No. 138," The study indicated that test ranges, burial sites, holding ponds, and demolition grounds represented major contaminated areas at White Sands, New Mexico.  The study found that predominant contaminants at White Sands, New Mexico included herbicides, such as 2, 4-D and 2, 4, 5-T. https://www.va.gov/vetapp14/Files4/1427107.txt

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Quote from Dr. Alvin Young:

“Sadly, the main effect of the hysteria over Agent Orange has been to further stress honorable and blameless persons who served their country in our military during an unpopular war. Such psychological stresses can indeed have severe and unnecessary long-term health consequences.” https://www.aei.org/articles/the-agent-orange-fiasco/

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Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas

The Veteran asserted that he was exposed to Agent Orange at the Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) in Kingsville, Texas in 1964. https://www.va.gov/vetapp12/files4/1227501.txt

Naval Weapons Station Yorktown – St. Juliens Creek Annex, Virginia

Further, the Board accepted as credible the Veteran's statements regarding his exposure to toxic chemicals, particularly, that barrels were punctured by a forklift and he was required to mop up the spilled chemicals. https://www.va.gov/vetapp15/Files1/1507736.txt

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

The Veteran asserts that his exposure to toxic chemicals, including exposure to Agent Orange, occurred while he was stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
https://www.va.gov/vetapp12/files1/1207245.txt

 Fort McClellan, Alabama
The Veteran contends that he incurred type II diabetes mellitus due to exposure to herbicide agents during active  service in Korea and during training at the Fort McClellan chemical lab school.
https://www.va.gov/vetapp10/files3/1020210.txt

Loring AFB, Maine

In a November 2009 Statement in Support of Claim, the Veteran reported that he was exposed to herbicide agents at Loring Air Force Base, Maine https://www.va.gov/vetapp18/Files1/1806197.txt

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Quote from Dr. Alvin Young: “Many lessons can be learned from the history of the Agent Orange panic. One is that when a government offers presumptive compensation for diseases (as by the Agent Orange Act of 1991), many persons will show up to collect. Some will not even have any disease.” https://www.propublica.org/article/alvin-young-agent-orange-va-military-benefits

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Homestead Air Force Base, Florida. 

In a November 2009 Statement in Support of Claim, the Veteran reported that he was exposed to herbicide agents at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida. https://www.va.gov/vetapp18/Files1/1806197.txt

Fort Sill,  Oklahoma

The Veteran noted that he was with the United States Army, Battery B, 3D Battalion, 38th Artillery and that he was in charge of spraying herbicide agents around the POW camp and Base Ammo dump at Fort Sill. Veteran indicated that the herbicide agents used at Homestead, Florida were white and blue.  https://www.va.gov/vetapp18/Files1/1806197.txt

Fort AP Hill, Virginia The Veteran further contends that he was exposed to herbicides contained within 55-gallon drums that were at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia, from 1977 to 1979.  He stated that he was frequently sent to Fort A.P. Hill to move containers from one warehouse to another and that some containers were observed to be leaking. https://www.va.gov/vetapp15/Files2/1516681.txt

Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Maryland

The Veteran and his buddy asserted they were exposed to  herbicides while serving at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland. https://www.va.gov/vetapp19/Files10/19176797.txt

Fort Knox, Kentucky It has consistently been the veteran's contention that he was exposed to a herbicide agent while stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky in 1965. https://www.va.gov/vetapp02/files04/0215618.txt

Chanute AFB, Illinois

The Veteran has submitted reports from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) showing that Chanute Air Force Base is a Superfund site contaminated by various chemicals, including dioxins.   Service connection has been established for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and recurrent carcinoma of the larynx.  Each grant was based on a VA examiner's opinions that the Veteran's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and/or recurrent carcinoma of the larynx were, "as likely as not," related to his exposure to dioxins and other environmental hazards while stationed at Chanute Air Force Base. https://www.va.gov/vetapp15/Files3/1519090.txt

Anniston Army Depot, Alabama
The Veteran asserts that while stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama he was exposed to various chemical and biological agents in fulfilling the duties of his military occupational specialty (MOS). He  contends that he was exposed to herbicide agents at the Anniston Army Depot, Fort McClellan, and in Korea. https://www.va.gov/vetapp21/Files12/21075526.txt

Fort Greely, Alaska
The record does not show, and the appellant acknowledges, that he did not serve in Vietnam.  The appellant contends that he was sprayed with chemicals and/or herbicides while he was stationed at Fort Greely, Alaska, in 1962.
https://www.va.gov/vetapp12/files5/1230563.txt

Fort Wainwright, Alaska
The Veteran contends that he was exposed to herbicide agents while serving at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
https://www.va.gov/vetapp21/Files2/21009381.txt

Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska
In his August 2007 claim, the Veteran contended that he suffers from diabetes mellitus as a result of exposure to Agent Orange from 1964 to 1967 while at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska.  He stated that he was exposed to Agent Orange while handling busted and/or leaking barrels.
https://www.va.gov/vetapp11/files3/1126294.txt

Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona
The Veteran's initial contention was that his prostate cancer is due to exposure to herbicide agents, such as Agent Orange, while serving at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona in 1972.
https://www.va.gov/vetapp17/Files4/1719445.txt

Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas
The evidence of record supports a finding that the Veteran's prostate cancer residuals are related to in-service chemical exposures occurring in performance of his duties as a utilities worker at Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas.
https://www.va.gov/vetapp13/Files1/1309554.txt

Forbes Air Force Base, Kansas

He claimed he occasionally was assigned temporary duties at Forbes AFB that included spraying a defoliant, which he asserts likely was Agent Orange.  He has obtained  and associated with the claims file statements from four fellow airmen, who attest to their work together in maintenance of the grounds at Forbes AFB and their use of a chemical to control weeds and other vegetation. https://www.va.gov/vetapp05/files5/0529309.txt

Camp Roberts, California
The veteran has asserted his exposure to herbicides occurred in testing at Fort Ord and Camp Roberts.  His exposure statement in May 2001 recalled that he was continuously exposed to soldiers who were working with Agent Orange and that the mess facility was within a few feet of the area where Agent Orange was sprayed and he was exposed directly through air and the soldiers going through the mess facility. https://www.va.gov/vetapp05/files1/0502092.txt

Fort Hunter Liggett, California
The Veteran contends that his currently demonstrated psoriasis is related to chemical exposure at the Hunter Liggett military base where he was stationed during active military service.  See September 2004 notice of disagreement.  He also claims that his military duties as an electrician resulted in his exposure to many environmental hazards, including asbestos, radiation exposed areas, and areas where Agent Orange was being sprayed.
https://www.va.gov/vetapp09/files2/0910646.txt

Fort Irwin, California
The appellant contends that his skin disease is primarily the result of his exposure to environmental hazards in service, including asbestos, radiation, mustard gas, Agent Orange, other toxic chemicals, and substances associated with participation in the Persian Gulf War. He argues  that his skin disease is due to drinking contaminated water  during that training. https://www.va.gov/vetapp09/files1/0907769.txt

Naval Weapons Station, Concord, California
The Veteran contends that he was exposed to Agent Orange while stationed at the Naval Weapons Station, Concord, California in 1975.  He testified at his Board hearing that he was an Explosives Loading Supervisor, and as such loaded Agent Orange barrels that had come from the East Coast and were on their way to Johnston Atoll to be destroyed.  He testified that many of these barrels were leaking, and that he wiped up the leaks.
https://www.va.gov/vetapp11/files2/1116659.txt

Sharpe Army Depot, Lathrop, California.
The Veteran contends that he has hypertension that is related to exposure to what he believes was Agent Orange during a period of service at the Sharpe Army Depot in Lathrop, California.
https://www.va.gov/vetapp12/Files3/1222790.txt

Fort Carson, Colorado
Just prior to his death, the Veteran submitted a February 2004 claim for cancer because he was stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, and "was exposed to Agent Orange in training troops that went to Vietnam."
https://www.va.gov/vetapp14/Files5/1435036.txt

Plattsburgh AFB, New York

She asserts that the veteran had military environmental exposure while performing duties at Plattsburgh, New York Air Force Base, and the exposure led to conditions that caused his death. She testified that she knew him for 44 years, from 1977 to the time of his death, and the Veteran many times told her in great detail about mixing chemicals he thought to be Agent Orange at the base. He reported to her that he used to mix this herbicide white powdery substance chemical, and while he was mixing it, it would disperse in the air, and while it did that, it often stuck to his clothes and his skin.
https://www.va.gov/vetapp22/Files10/22058672.txt

 

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