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JOHN ERNEST ALBANESE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 5, 1946 – May 23, 1968
Service recordJohn Ernest Albanese JR, of Medina, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 5
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- September 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Medina, New York (Orleans County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 5
- JERRY DEAN WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- JAMES LEON ZIMMERPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- TOM PERRY ACTONGunnery Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- THOMAS FREDERICK BUHRSergeant · May 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LEMOINE COONStaff Sergeant · Panel 66E, Line 7
- ROBERT ALTON FINKSergeant · Panel 66E, Line 9
- JAMES PATRICK MCCOLLUMCaptain · Panel 66E, Line 12
- WILLIAM HENRY TAYLORCaptain · Panel 67E, Line 3
From Medina
- ROLLAND BERNARD SHUBBUCKAirman Second Class · January 16, 1966
- ROGER JOHN COOKLance Corporal · January 15, 1967
- LEROY HENRY KELLERCorporal · May 12, 1967
- NICHOLAS ANTHONY NATALEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- GEORGE MICHAEL UNDERDOWNSergeant · April 1, 1970
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.