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ALBERT A BANUELOS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 26, 1944 – September 19, 1968
Service recordAlbert A Banuelos JR, of San Diego, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 33
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1944
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 33
- ELWYN REX CAPLINGColonel · January 19, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANK BIBERSergeant · September 19, 1968
- JOSEPH ADRIAN BISHOPMajor · September 19, 1968
- FRANK OWEN BONNARENSMajor · September 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL KEITH HAMNERSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 36
- LLOYD WILLIAM JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 37
- CALVIN DAVID LARGOSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 39
- PETER JOSEPH OTOOLECorporal · Panel 43W, Line 40
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.