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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 Bobby Gene Huggins.

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BOBBY GENE HUGGINS

Major · U.S. Air Force

December 17, 1934 – June 4, 1970

Service record

Bobby Gene Huggins, of Troy, Alabama, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 4, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 9W · Line 8

Position of Panel 9W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Major (MAJ)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Flying Safety Officer (1925)
Born
December 17, 1934
Home of record
Troy, Alabama (Pike County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 4, 1970
Age
35
Province
Phuoc Long
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

25 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 9W, Line 8

From Troy

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.