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JOHN CHARLES ALBERTS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 7, 1944 – May 16, 1966
Service recordJohn Charles Alberts, of South Beloit, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1944
- Home of record
- South Beloit, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 64
- LEO VERNON BEAULIEUPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT BOOTHPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE GEARHARTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SKYLER LANCE HASUIKEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 65
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 65
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.