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ALBERT WILLIAM WARTHAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 22, 1942 – April 8, 1968
Service recordAlbert William Warthan, of Gosport, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 56
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Gosport, Indiana (Owen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương 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 48E, Line 56
- ARTHUR J WEINPERCorporal · April 8, 1968
- SALVATORE AGRI JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- ANDREW JOHN BABYAK JRSpecialist Four · April 9, 1968
- THOMAS FRANCIS CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WAYNE DILLOWSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 51
From Gosport
- ALFRED FUNCKStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- DANNY LEE BOLINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1967
- GENIE LEE MCDONALDSergeant · January 9, 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.