The Wall › Panel 46E › New York › Albert Francis Heusel JR
ALBERT FRANCIS HEUSEL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 5, 1946 – March 24, 1968
Service recordAlbert Francis Heusel JR, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 7
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 5, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 7
- PAUL LEE HUTCHINSONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- WILLIAM ALLEN IVESPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- ROBERT LEONARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- WILLIAM CLIFTON JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANKIE LEE FARROWPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 4
- KENNETH LAWRENCE NEALSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 9
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.