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ALBERT CAYRL MCBRIDE
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 23, 1933 – September 1, 1969
Service recordAlbert Cayrl McBride, of Leadville, Colorado, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 1, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 20
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 23, 1933
- Home of record
- Leadville, Colorado (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1969; eight of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 20
- JULIAN ESCOBEDO JRLance Corporal · September 1, 1969
- LIBERO CHARLES HANDELSergeant · September 1, 1969
- GEORGE DEWEY HUTCHESONSergeant · September 1, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN MARSHLance Corporal · September 1, 1969
From Leadville
- EDGAR LEE MCWETHY JRSpecialist Five · June 21, 1967
- JEROLD LLOYD KASTRINOSSergeant · December 6, 1967
- THOMAS ROY LUSHERStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1971
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.