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ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 11, 1946 – February 6, 1968
Service recordAlbert Randolph Fogg III, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 55
- JOHN PAUL ESPARZA JRCorporal · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN EWOLDTSergeant · February 6, 1968
- WILLIAM FARRELL FARRISPetty Officer Third Class · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT ERNEST FORSHEYMajor · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN JOHN BYERSPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 49
- PETER RAYMOND HANSEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 57
- ALLEN HIDEO HARANOPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 57
- DUANE EDWARD LITZINGERStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 60
- MICHAEL MULLERVYPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 63
- DENNIS DEAN NEHRINGPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 64
- RICHARD CONAWAY OBRIENSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 65
- AURELIO R RAMON JRSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 67
- TERRENCE EDWARD STAUDOHARSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 70
- JOSE ANTONIO TRAVIESOPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 72
- JAMES LEROY WISE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 74
- RAYFIELD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 75
From Santa Maria
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- ALFRED ROBERT SAPINOSASpecialist Four · March 18, 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.