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ALBERT HUGH GIDDINGS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 30, 1944 – August 22, 1968
Service recordAlbert Hugh Giddings, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 27
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
- Special Services Officer (5000)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 27
- DAVID NORMAN EMBREYSergeant · August 22, 1968
- DAVID LYNN FERRYSpecialist Five · August 22, 1968
- ROBERTO LAY GABANASpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- WAYDELL GETTERStaff Sergeant · August 22, 1968
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.