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ALBERT CHARLES WALL JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 24, 1947 – June 19, 1969
Service recordAlbert Charles Wall JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 94
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 94
- RONALD EARL SIMPSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- STEPHEN DENNIS VANDYKECorporal · June 19, 1969
- RAYMOND ALLAN VOSSSergeant · June 19, 1969
- ROBERT ALWYN WILLIAMSChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LEO CURTINCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 87
- LLOYD J DOWNSSergeant First Class · Panel 22W, Line 88
- EDWARD MAHLON HARDWICKStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 89
- LUIS JOSE SIMANCASPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 95
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.