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ALBERT C HORACE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 14, 1946 – August 29, 1967
Service recordAlbert C Horace JR, of Groveton, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Groveton, Texas (Trinity County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 63
- LONNIE ONEAL HILLSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
- THOMAS WELDON JONESSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
- J D WILLIAM KERSEYLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- TIMOTHY FRANCIS LIESECorporal · August 29, 1967
From Groveton
- OLLIE CURTIS FREEMANCorporal · May 11, 1968
- BILLY MAC BRISTERSergeant · May 22, 1968
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.