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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Albert Morgan Carwithen.

The Wall › Panel 33E › West Virginia › Albert Morgan Carwithen

ALBERT MORGAN CARWITHEN

Sergeant · U.S. Army

November 23, 1946 – January 5, 1968

Service record

Albert Morgan Carwithen, of Charleston, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 33E · Line 45

Position of Panel 33E 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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
196 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
November 23, 1946
Home of record
Charleston, West Virginia (Kanawha County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 5, 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

52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 33E, Line 45

Same unit, same day

From Charleston

All 34 names from Charleston →

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.