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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Allen James Bodin.

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ALLEN JAMES BODIN

Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

January 19, 1950 – November 27, 1970

Service record

Allen James Bodin, of Centerville, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 27, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 6W · Line 85

Position of Panel 6W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Born
January 19, 1950
Home of record
Centerville, Louisiana

Casualty

Date of death
November 27, 1970
Age
20
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

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What was happening

12 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1970; six of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Centerville

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.