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DONALD NORMAN ALBERTSON
Private · U.S. Army
January 15, 1949 – November 11, 1968
Service recordDonald Norman Albertson, of Tawas City, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 46
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Tawas City, Michigan (Iosco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 46
- EDDIE MARTIN ADAMSFireman · November 11, 1968
- PHILLIP DENNIS BARGERCaptain · November 11, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE BARRONPetty Officer Third Class · November 11, 1968
- JAMES EARL BRASWELLCorporal · November 11, 1968
From Tawas City
- GARY WILLIAM LINKPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- JIMMIE WALKER YOUNGSPrivate First Class · September 11, 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.