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ALBERT FRANK AMMANN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 10, 1944 – September 15, 1970
Service recordAlbert Frank Ammann, of Argonia, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 64
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Argonia, Kansas (Sumner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 64
- AARON VINSONPrivate First Class · September 14, 1970
- LARRY FRANKLIN DAVISSergeant · September 15, 1970
- DAVID FRANKLIN FREEMANSergeant · September 15, 1970
- HAROLD LEE MACDONALDSpecialist Four · September 15, 1970
- LEE DAVID MEADOWSPrivate First Class · September 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD LEE MACDONALDSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 64
From Argonia
- MONTE WAYNE FORRESTCorporal · August 5, 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.