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ALBERT CHARLES POWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 29, 1944 – April 24, 1970
Service recordAlbert Charles Powell, of Luverne, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Luverne, Alabama (Crenshaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 47
- WILLIAM P MCCONNAGHYSpecialist Four · April 24, 1970
- JOHN L PENASergeant · April 24, 1970
- GOMER DAVID REESE IIICaptain · April 24, 1970
- JOSEPH RONALD SMOYERLance Corporal · April 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MYRON DIDURYKMajor · Panel 11W, Line 44
From Luverne
- WILLIE LOUIS DAVISPrivate First Class · July 14, 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.