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ALBERT CABANAYAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 7, 1945 – March 5, 1966
Service recordAlbert Cabanayan, of Kahului, Hawaii, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 114
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Kahului, Hawaii (Maui County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 114
- ROBERT BROWNSergeant · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT MALUENDA CALIBOSOCaptain · March 5, 1966
- PHILIP FITCHLance Corporal · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT CHARLES HESSOMCommander · March 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT BROWNSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 114
- LELAND FRANCIS DIXONCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 115
- STEVEN ANTHONY CHURCHPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 116
- THOMAS KENNETH EMMONSLance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 116
- ROY GONZALES JRCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 117
- ALAN CRAIG MULFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 121
- ROBERT LANI NUEKULance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 121
- DAVID LOUIS SABECPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 123
- ROYCE GLENN SCOGGINSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 124
From Kahului
- HACHIRO IMAEPlatoon Sergeant · June 26, 1966
- RICHARD CHESTER JACOBSPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- JERALD KATSUJI SUMIDAAirman Second Class · July 15, 1967
- PETER JAMES PAELESergeant · October 21, 1967
- DAVID EDWARDS WISCHEMANNSpecialist Five · October 31, 1972
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.