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Date: 9 June 1968
Aircraft type: O-1E Bird Dog
Serial Number: 56-4176
Military Unit: 20 TASS, 504 TASG
Service: USAF
Home Base: Da Nang
Name(s):
Maj Robert Ball (KIA)

Maj Ball was controlling an air strike near the village of Kinh Mon in the DMZ buffer zone when he was shot down. The target was a network of enemy bunkers and Maj Ball was making his second run over the target when his Bird Dog (call sign Trail 6) was hit at 2,250 feet by 12.7mm anti-aircraft fire.

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