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ALBERT B WASHINGTON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 8, 1946 – June 1, 1969
Service recordAlbert B Washington JR, of Asbury Park, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 40
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
- March 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Asbury Park, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23W, Line 40
- RICHARD JACOB SIGWORTHPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- JAMES MARTIN STOTTSSergeant First Class · June 1, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL TROTTERFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1969
- BLAIR CECIL WILKEYPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
From Asbury Park
- LOUIS EDWARD PERRYCorporal · March 24, 1967
- ROLAND WILL MANUELStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- THEOTHIS COLLINSLance Corporal · August 19, 1968
- ARTHUR JAMES ROSS JRSpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
- PAUL HUNTINGTON GANUNCorporal · May 18, 1969
- FLOYD MOYESpecialist Five · March 10, 1970
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.