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DAVID ALBERT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 2, 1949 – September 5, 1969
Service recordDavid Albert, of Paramus, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 5, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 35
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Paramus, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 35
- TERRY SIDNEY SMALLPrivate First Class · September 4, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN STANLEYSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- CHARLES THEODORE THIELGESSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- BILLY DEAN WEITZELSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
From Paramus
- PETER RUZILA JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- PETER EDMUND MILLARCorporal · May 21, 1967
- FRANK RONALD KERBLCaptain · October 7, 1967
- PETER TERENCE RASMUSSENSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- KARL WILLIAM MILLSCaptain · June 11, 1969
- JOHN PATRICK HENRYSergeant · March 10, 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.