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ALBERT PARKER CARDEN
Captain · U.S. Army
July 24, 1943 – June 25, 1971
Service recordAlbert Parker Carden, of Morgantown, West Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 88
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Morgantown, West Virginia (Monongalia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 88
- ROBERT LEE MORGANFLASHStaff Sergeant · June 24, 1971
- CHARLES THOMAS JONESFirst Lieutenant · June 25, 1971
- RICHARD NORMAN LEESpecialist Four · June 25, 1971
- RUBIN MATHIS IISpecialist Five · June 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES THOMAS JONESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 88
- LOUIS JOHN SPEIDELCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 89
From Morgantown
- JAMES HOWARD SAWYERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- WILBERT HERSHELL JOHNSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DAVID ALLAN KOVACLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- JAMES CARL THOMASLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- MAJOR ROY DALTON JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MESSENGERSergeant · July 15, 1967
- PAUL STEPHEN GOGGINLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT SULLIVAN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
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.