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ADOLPH WILLIAM ALBRECHT
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 8, 1947 – July 11, 1968
Service recordAdolph William Albrecht, of Austin, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 13
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 13
- EDWARD CHARLES VANOVERLance Corporal · July 10, 1968
- LEMON WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- JOHN LOUIS ADAMSCorporal · July 11, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBERTSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
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.