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ALBERT MILBURN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 29, 1948 – May 11, 1970
Service recordAlbert Milburn, of Houston, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 18
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 18
- GEORGE EDWARD FOGLEMANCorporal · May 11, 1970
- BRYAN THEOTIS KNIGHTPrivate First Class · May 11, 1970
- DAVID MICHAEL KOZAKSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1970
- DAVID MUNOZSergeant · May 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY PAUL BAKERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 16
- RAYMOND DEAN ELLISStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 17
- GEORGE EDWARD FOGLEMANCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 18
- BRYAN THEOTIS KNIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 18
- DAVID MUNOZSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 18
- ROBERT LEE OCONNORStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 19
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.