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ALBERT FRANKLIN CLEVELAND
Private · U.S. Army
March 6, 1947 – April 17, 1967
Service recordAlbert Franklin Cleveland, of Alexander City, Alabama, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 39
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Alexander City, Alabama (Tallapoosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 39
- BRUCE ELLIOT BOWERSPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- RICHARD HAMILTON BRIDGESSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- JAMES EDMUND CARLTON JRMajor · April 17, 1967
- MICHAEL ALLEN DEPROFIOCorporal · April 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROYD STEVE KERLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 41
- DONALD LYNWOOD MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 41
- JOSE HERNANDEZ QUINTEROSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 42
From Alexander City
- GORDON HERBERT DUNAWAYLance Corporal · August 12, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS ODOMPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- JOSEPH ROBERT MITCHELL JRSecond Lieutenant · April 30, 1967
- MACWAYNE SPEAKSCaptain · March 27, 1968
- HARRY ELLIS HAYESFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 1970
- THOMAS WINFORD JACKSONSenior Master Sergeant · June 22, 1972
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.