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ALBERT JOSEPH DAIR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 28, 1941 – September 18, 1968
Service recordAlbert Joseph Dair, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 26
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 26
- GILFORD FRANK DASHNERCorporal · September 18, 1968
- STEVEN WILLIAM DECKERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS DOWNEY JRStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1968
- RAYMOND JAMES ENNERSFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1968
From Lake Charles
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
- DONALD C CORNETTFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN LISTEAirman · October 26, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- LEROY REEDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
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.