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ALBERT D CONTREROS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1948 – November 20, 1968
Service recordAlbert D Contreros JR, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 16
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 16
- LEONARD BEATTY JRPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CRESCENZCorporal · November 20, 1968
- RICHARD WALTER DIERSSergeant · November 20, 1968
- WILLIAM EMERSONCaptain · November 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY W CLIFTONSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 15
- ARTHUR J HERINGHAUSEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 18
- GARY DON PAGANSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 19
- MICHAEL DEAN REIFFSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 20
- HORACE VALLEY ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 21
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.