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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 Mack Clifford Boblett.

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MACK CLIFFORD BOBLETT

Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

August 18, 1928 – February 27, 1969

Service record

Mack Clifford Boblett, of Stanaford, West Virginia, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 27, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 31W · Line 76

Position of Panel 31W 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
Master Sergeant (MSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
August 18, 1928
Home of record
Stanaford, West Virginia (Raleigh County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 27, 1969
Age
40
Province
Bien Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 31W, Line 76

From Stanaford

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.