BARDACH, ALAN JENSEN



Name: Alan Jensen Bardach
Rank/Branch: Army
Unit:  507th Trans Grp
Date of Birth:   26 July1943
Home City of Record:  Noblesville, IN
Date of Loss: 08 January 1968
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates:
Status (in 1973): not noted PMSEA
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: UH1C
Refno: 
Other Personnel in Incident: 

Source: Compiled by the P.O.W. NETWORK 2020 from notice on WRTV Indianapolis.

REMARKS:

SYNOPSIS: 

NOT on any previous DPMO/DPAA list noted as MIA.

 

 

https://readthereporter.com/alan-jensen-bardach/Alan Jensen Bardach

POSTED BY: THE REPORTER SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

d. January 1968

Graveside services will be held for U.S. Army First Lieutenant Alan Jensen Bardach
at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, at Crown Hill Cemetery, 700 W. 38th St., Indianapolis.

Alan was killed in Vietnam in January 1968. His remains have recently been located
by the Army and returned to the United States.

Alan was the son of Thornton A. and Lillian G. Bardach. He was a 1961 graduate of
Broad Ripple High School in Indianapolis and a 1966 graduate of Purdue University,
where he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity.

He is survived by his sister, Ann Bardach Vollmar (David); his brothers, Neil (Andrea),
Lee (Gail)  and Joel (Priscilla) Bardach; and his daughter, Kristen Vandiver (Troy).

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10/03/19

WRTV Indianapolis
According to POW MIA Council of Indianapolis, Bardach was reported missing in
a helicopter crash near Dong Ha on January 8, 1968 — just five ...

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https://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/remains-of-hoosier-vietnam-war-soldier-returning-to-indianapolis

Remains of Vietnam War soldier returning to Indiana more than 50 years later.

The Indiana National Guard on Thursday will receive the body of Army 1st Lt.
Alan Jensen Bardach, a Hoosier whose remains were repatriated from Vietnam.

Bardach was reported missing in a helicopter crash near Dong Ha on Jan. 8, 1968
— five weeks after he began service in Vietnam.
 

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NARA:
 
Field Title Value Meaning
Last Name BARDACH BARDACH
Given Names ALAN JENSEN ALAN JENSEN
Social Security or Service Number O5538073 O5538073
Date of Birth 19430726 07/26/1943
Service A Army
Component V Reserve
Rank 1LT First Lieutenant
Grade and posthumous promotion O2 O2
Service Occupation 2162 Operations and Training Staff Officer (G3, S3)(ARMY)
Actual Date of Casualty    
Actual Date of Death 19680108 01/08/1968
Tour Date 671124 11/24/1967
Posthumous decoration    
Casualty Type C3 Non-Hostile, Died While Missing
Reason B Air Loss, Crash - Land
Air no Air 6 Helicopter - NonCrew
Body Recovered --- Undefined Code
Date Body Recovered ----- Invalid Date
Country VS South Vietnam
Province 91 Province Unknown, Military Region 1
Casualty Location    
Major command, eg division or brigade MACV MACV
Company/battery/troop or similar level unit    
Battalion or similar level unit    
Regiment, ROAD 507th Trans Grp 507th Trans Grp
Air Wing    
Air Group    
Squadron    
Task Force    
Task Group    
Ship    
Unparsed Unit    
Home of Record City NOBLESVILLE NOBLESVILLE
Home of Record State Code IN Indiana
Notes    
Panel 33E 33E
Line 078 78