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BUCK EDWARD ALBRIGHT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1949 – May 23, 1969
Service recordBuck Edward Albright, of Tempe, Arizona, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 80
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Tempe, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 80
- HARRY MICHAEL TRAMMELLSergeant · May 22, 1969
- FREDRICK STEPHEN WALTERSWarrant Officer 1 · May 22, 1969
- WILLIAM WARDSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
- JAMES LEE WILKSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
From Tempe
- RAMON DESCHAMPSPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- FRANCISCO PERAZA CHAIRASpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- ROBERT DANIEL BENTONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- JESSIE YUTZE GOMEZSergeant · December 17, 1966
- LEIGH WALLACE HUNTLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- WARREN GAMBIEL TEDRICK JRSergeant · March 7, 1968
- CHARLES MCRAE HARDYPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- ANTHONY H FIGUEROA JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- BRUCE LYNN HANKINSSpecialist Four · November 16, 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.