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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Albert McCullough.

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ALBERT MCCULLOUGH

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

December 20, 1947 – February 22, 1969

Service record

Albert McCullough, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 32W · Line 81

Position of Panel 32W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
Unit (as recorded)
198 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
December 20, 1947
Home of record
Bridgeport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 22, 1969
Age
21
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

61 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 32W, Line 81

From Bridgeport

All 30 names from Bridgeport →

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.