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ALBERT HUGH HORTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 27, 1946 – November 26, 1967
Service recordAlbert Hugh Horton, of Oakland, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 91
- MANUEL HERNANDEZCorporal · November 26, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM HICKEYPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- EDWARD C HIGGINS IIIPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- RICHARD PAUL HOUSTONCorporal · November 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD EDWARD HAYESCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 90
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.