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ALBERT ALLEN VENCEL
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 26, 1951 – March 26, 1971
Service recordAlbert Allen Vencel, of Warren, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 82
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 26, 1951
- Home of record
- Warren, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 82
- OTTO TOM WIEBENPrivate First Class · March 26, 1971
- GERALD ZLOTORZYNSKISpecialist Four · March 26, 1971
- ROBERT TIMOTHY BRADLEYCorporal · March 27, 1971
- ROBERT CONN CHAUDOINFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1971
From Warren
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1965
- ROBERT DONALD LOGUELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- DAVID LEE JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · January 17, 1966
- DALLAS EDWIN HICKMANSergeant · March 18, 1966
- BERNARD JAMES RODZENCorporal · May 3, 1966
- ROBERT VIRGIL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- ALBERT C MYERSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- RICHARD MYRON LOMBARDOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- PERCY JULIANSergeant · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SKOVRANPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
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.