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ALBERT WAYNE CUDWORTH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 7, 1946 – April 3, 1968
Service recordAlbert Wayne Cudworth, of Plattsburgh, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 48
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Plattsburgh, New York (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 48
- LESLIE LEE CRANEYPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- STANLEY JOHN CYGONCaptain · April 3, 1968
- EDWARD DAYSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- GILBERT DELA PENASpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL WILLIAM DOWNINGSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 49
- JAMES GRADY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 51
- ROBERT SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 55
- WILLIE JAMES SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 56
From Plattsburgh
- CARL JOSEPH LATOURSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- EUGENE EDWARD BONNETTStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD TOWNSLEYPrivate · January 5, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANCIS CONLEYCorporal · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- WILLIAM ALBERT ASPINALLCorporal · September 13, 1967
- ROBERT VINCENT SIPELance Corporal · October 1, 1967
- GENE ALFRED LABOUNTYLance Corporal · May 20, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON WRAYPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
- EDWARD FREDERICK BROWN JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1970
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.