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ALBERT LEE VICICH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 13, 1944 – October 5, 1966
Service recordAlbert Lee Vicich, of Joliet, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 5, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 51
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
- September 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Joliet, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1966; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 51
- JOSEPH STEPHEN HENRIQUEZLieutenant Commander · August 10, 1966
- JULIO CESAR VARGASCorporal · October 5, 1966
- GARY H BRUXCaptain · October 6, 1966
- THOMAS DEANStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- MELVIN LOUIS STONE JRFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1966
From Joliet
- MICHAEL IRA SHANERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES ALLAN SLAGELPrivate · April 5, 1967
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- VERNON BERNABE VENEGASCorporal · January 8, 1968
- ROY BENJAMIN KEITHSeaman · January 11, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW BURZAWA JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK LEWISLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY BOSWELLCorporal · April 14, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES MOONLance Corporal · July 3, 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.