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ALBERT DAVID MENTON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 17, 1945 – November 14, 1967
Service recordAlbert David Menton, of Ennis, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 14, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 13
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
- Born
- April 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Ennis, Texas (Ellis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 63W, Line 13
- RONALD EUGENE SEGINELance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- VICTOR SIMONCorporal · May 29, 1968
- JAMES ALFRED SMITHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · May 29, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH WEIXELStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1968
From Ennis
- BILLY JOHN COLEYFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- EDWARD JAMES BELLSergeant First Class · April 22, 1967
- DARRELL WAYNE DONALDSONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- WILLIAM ELLIOTT MURPHYPrivate · July 28, 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.