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ALBERT J CARTLEDGE III
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 2, 1945 – May 27, 1969
Service recordAlbert J Cartledge III, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 115
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- December 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 115
- THOMAS ROBERT BLISSCorporal · May 27, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY CARTER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 27, 1969
- ALPHONZO LINWOODEL CHAVISFirst Lieutenant · May 27, 1969
- JAMES WOODFORD CLARKFirst Lieutenant · May 27, 1969
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.