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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John Anthony Albasio.

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JOHN ANTHONY ALBASIO

Captain · U.S. Air Force

August 15, 1943 – July 28, 1969

Service record

John Anthony Albasio, of Angels Camp, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 28, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 20W · Line 53

Position of Panel 20W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
August 15, 1943
Home of record
Angels Camp, California (Calaveras County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 28, 1969
Age
25
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 20W, Line 53

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.