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FRANCIS JOHN ALBERTS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 13, 1938 – August 27, 1966
Service recordFrancis John Alberts, of Villas, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Supply Specialist (76K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 13, 1938
- Home of record
- Villas, New Jersey (Cape May County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 49
- JOHN WILLIAM JOYSStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1966
- CHARLES F WHITFIELD JRPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- ARTHUR PAUL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- ELDRIDGE CHAR AIGELDINGERPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 51
- LEO KEITH THORNTONSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 51
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.