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ALBERT JOSEPH MCAULIFFE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 4, 1942 – December 18, 1966
Service recordAlbert Joseph McAuliffe, of St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 4, 1942
- Home of record
- St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (St Croix County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 59
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MADSENSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- JOEL WILLIAM MCDONNELLWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1966
- JAMES HOWARD MURPHYLieutenant · December 18, 1966
- DONALD RAY PRYORPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THURMAN ADAIRStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 57
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 58
- LEON VINCENT FOXPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 58
- JOEL WILLIAM MCDONNELLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13E, Line 59
From St Croix
- ANDREW ALPHONSO LANGCorporal · June 24, 1968
- GABRIEL AUGUS JEFFRIES JRWarrant Officer 1 · April 24, 1971
- RICHARD SIMPSON SCHOTTLieutenant Colonel · April 7, 1972
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.