[1] The base provided excellent views of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) transport network in Laos, but the Marines were unable to call fire missions due to U.S. Government policy.

[2] PFC Robert H. Jenkins, Jr. part of a 12-man team from the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion would be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Argonne on 5 March 1969.

[3]: 366 On 20 March 1969 as part of Operation Purple Martin the Marines moved to reoccupy Firebase Argonne.

On 28 March Company A seized Hill 1154 northwest of Argonne destroying the PAVN mortar positions.

[3]: 57 The location of the fictional Firebase Matterhorn in Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War corresponds to Firebase Argonne, although the events described in the novel correspond to events at Landing Zone Mack where the author Karl Marlantes fought.