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GERALD WAYNE ALBRITTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 30, 1948 – June 3, 1969
Service recordGerald Wayne Albritton, of Bradenton, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 49
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Bradenton, Florida (Manatee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 49
- DENNIS TUINSTRAPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- RAY LEONARD ULRICHSergeant · June 2, 1969
- BARRY LON UNFRIEDLance Corporal · June 2, 1969
- PAUL FREDERICK WEBERSergeant · June 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TOMAS GOMEZ-ROBLESPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 52
- ROBERT JAMES HOFFMANNSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 53
- HARRY RICHARD ITALIANOSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 53
- BROOKS EDWARD SABLECorporal · Panel 23W, Line 58
- MITCHELL HARVEY SANDMANCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 58
- MICHAEL GREGORY SCHERFSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 58
From Bradenton
- ROBERT BREWSTER LOWEFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
- HAROLD STANLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- JOHN R VANNORMAN IIILance Corporal · June 14, 1967
- BLAKELY IRVING DAVIS JRHospitalman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES HAROLD BEAVERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- FRED CARLTON JENKINSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1968
- DALE WARREN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES BOLYARDFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- SHERRY JOE HADLEYCorporal · May 27, 1968
- BOBBY LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · August 14, 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.