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ALBERT ELWOOD METTINGER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 6, 1933 – October 7, 1970
Service recordAlbert Elwood Mettinger, of Pleasantville, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 118
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1933
- Home of record
- Pleasantville, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1970. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 118
- CRAIG MARATTAPrivate · October 7, 1970
- JOE HAROLD MORRISONSpecialist Four · October 7, 1970
- DOUGLAS HAROLD SILVERNAILStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM BEEBECaptain · October 8, 1970
From Pleasantville
- JOSEPH DAVID PUGGISergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK MCCOLLUMCaptain · May 23, 1968
- GEORGE AUSTIN CARNEYSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- HARRY JOHN JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- JOSEPH PIPPENBACHSergeant · May 7, 1970
- CHARLIE WILLIAM TAYLORLance Corporal · August 17, 1970
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.