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ALBERT LEROY FRENCH
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 23, 1928 – August 10, 1966
Service recordAlbert Leroy French, of Rochester, New York, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 122
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 23, 1928
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 122
- GARY FRANCIS FUNNPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- ERNEST PEPPER GULLEDGE JRCaptain · August 10, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- JOHN ALLEN HEIKASergeant · August 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE ACHICASergeant · Panel 9E, Line 121
- GARY FRANCIS FUNNPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 122
- ERNEST PEPPER GULLEDGE JRCaptain · Panel 9E, Line 122
- PHILLIP JACOB MOOGSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 124
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.