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ALBERT HENRY GATES JR
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
September 1, 1943 – March 7, 1970
Service recordAlbert Henry Gates JR, of East Greenbush, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 92
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HMM 263 MAG 16 1 MAW
- Born
- September 1, 1943
- Home of record
- East Greenbush, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 92
- DENNIS RAY HEERMANSergeant · March 7, 1970
- PAUL JOSEPH JAMESWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 1970
- JIMMIE JACK JONES JRSpecialist Five · March 7, 1970
- KAY KAZU KIMURAFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 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.