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ALBERT MCBRIDE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1947 – August 23, 1968
Service recordAlbert McBride, of New York, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 50
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 MP BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 4, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 1 MP BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 50
- TADEUSZ MARIAN KEPCZYKSergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- JERALD THOMAS MCKENZIESergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- SHERMAN DOUGLAS MCLESTERLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- EDDIE LEE MCMILLAN JRPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HYLAN LYNN CROWDERLance Corporal · Panel 47W, Line 38
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.