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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 James Pattee Allenberg.

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JAMES PATTEE ALLENBERG

Major · U.S. Air Force

March 17, 1940 – December 18, 1970

Service record

James Pattee Allenberg, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 18, 1970, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 6W · Line 128

Position of Panel 6W 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
Reserve / National Guard
Born
March 17, 1940
Home of record
Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 18, 1970
Age
30
Province
Offshore
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

18 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1970. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 6W, Line 128

From Phoenix

All 207 names from Phoenix →

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.