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ALBERT JOSEPH CARRIER III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 27, 1950 – August 22, 1969
Service recordAlbert Joseph Carrier III, of Warren, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 91
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Warren, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 91
- JACKIE DEAN BIRD JRPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- MICHAEL TERRY BOATSpecialist Five · August 22, 1969
- BARRETT CHAMBERLAND BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · August 22, 1969
- CURTIS PAUL CHALLBERGFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE DEAN BIRD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 91
- ROY KEITH PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 97
From Warren
- RONALD FRANK SKOVIAKCorporal · October 8, 1963
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · January 9, 1966
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GERALD RICCICorporal · February 12, 1967
- ROMAN ROZEL VILLAMOR JRLance Corporal · March 31, 1967
- ALAN LANECorporal · May 13, 1967
- JEREMY MICHAEL JARVISMajor · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- MICHAEL AUGUST HOGLUNDSergeant · November 10, 1967
- ROGER JOSEPH HOOVERPrivate · December 1, 1967
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.