The base was first established in 1965 by the 1st Cavalry Division, beside QL-19 and approximately 13 km west of An Khê near the Mang Yang Pass.

[1] The base was originally named after 1LT James Schueller, from the 2nd Battalion, 17th Artillery who was killed in a Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash at Camp Radcliff on 17 June 1967.

On 10 April 1968 a People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) force estimated at 250 men attempted to block Route 19 and create an ambush west of Schueller.

A booby-trapped artillery round was discovered on the road by MPs and when a bomb-disposal team arrived the ambush was triggered prematurely.

[4] Other units stationed at Schueller included:[1] The base is abandoned and largely turned over to housing and farmland.