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ALBERT LEE DELANEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 22, 1950 – July 2, 1969
Service recordAlbert Lee Delaney, of Greenwood, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 44
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Greenwood, Mississippi (Leflore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 44
- RICHARD FRANK CRUDOLance Corporal · July 2, 1969
- ELDON GENE CRUMLEYPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
- BENNY HAROLD FERGUSONSergeant · July 2, 1969
- CALVIN JOE FEWLASSPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HOUSTON GULLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 45
- STEPHEN TRUE MOODYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21W, Line 47
From Greenwood
- BOOKER T WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- CHARLES E WILSON JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- JOSEPH LEE RHODESLance Corporal · May 28, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES SMITHSergeant · September 25, 1969
- CALVIN BUSTER CHILDRESSSergeant First Class · October 19, 1971
- ROBERT LEE HARLEYSpecialist Four · September 11, 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.