Bobby Joe Albertson
Chief Master Sergeant, U.S. Air Force
61st Troop Carrier Squadron
Entered the Service From: Anaheim, California
Date of Birth: August 30, 1937
Date of Death: May 31, 1966
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Command Master Sergeant Albertson was a member of the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron, Da Nang Airbase, South Vietnam.
On May 31, 1966, he was the flight engineer of a Lockheed Hercules Transport (C-130E) with a mission of placing a floating bomb on the Song Ma River that would detonate as it passed under the Ham Ron Bridge in North Vietnam.
As the bombing run was being made, the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed.
His remains were not recovered.
His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial∼Home of record at time of death was Anaheim, Orange County, CA.
MIA
BOBBY JOE ALBERTON is honored on Panel 7E, Row 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Chief Master Sergeant, U.S. Air Force
61st Troop Carrier Squadron
Entered the Service From: Anaheim, California
Date of Birth: August 30, 1937
Date of Death: May 31, 1966
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Command Master Sergeant Albertson was a member of the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron, Da Nang Airbase, South Vietnam.
On May 31, 1966, he was the flight engineer of a Lockheed Hercules Transport (C-130E) with a mission of placing a floating bomb on the Song Ma River that would detonate as it passed under the Ham Ron Bridge in North Vietnam.
As the bombing run was being made, the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed.
His remains were not recovered.
His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial∼Home of record at time of death was Anaheim, Orange County, CA.
MIA
BOBBY JOE ALBERTON is honored on Panel 7E, Row 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Bobby Joe Albertson
Chief Master Sergeant, U.S. Air Force
61st Troop Carrier Squadron
Entered the Service From: Anaheim, California
Date of Birth: August 30, 1937
Date of Death: May 31, 1966
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Command Master Sergeant Albertson was a member of the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron, Da Nang Airbase, South Vietnam.
On May 31, 1966, he was the flight engineer of a Lockheed Hercules Transport (C-130E) with a mission of placing a floating bomb on the Song Ma River that would detonate as it passed under the Ham Ron Bridge in North Vietnam.
As the bombing run was being made, the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed.
His remains were not recovered.
His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial∼Home of record at time of death was Anaheim, Orange County, CA.
MIA
BOBBY JOE ALBERTON is honored on Panel 7E, Row 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Chief Master Sergeant, U.S. Air Force
61st Troop Carrier Squadron
Entered the Service From: Anaheim, California
Date of Birth: August 30, 1937
Date of Death: May 31, 1966
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Command Master Sergeant Albertson was a member of the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron, Da Nang Airbase, South Vietnam.
On May 31, 1966, he was the flight engineer of a Lockheed Hercules Transport (C-130E) with a mission of placing a floating bomb on the Song Ma River that would detonate as it passed under the Ham Ron Bridge in North Vietnam.
As the bombing run was being made, the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed.
His remains were not recovered.
His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial∼Home of record at time of death was Anaheim, Orange County, CA.
MIA
BOBBY JOE ALBERTON is honored on Panel 7E, Row 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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