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JOHN SCOTT ALBRIGHT II
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 7, 1945 – December 13, 1968
Service recordJohn Scott Albright II, of Huntington, West Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on December 13, 1968, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 13
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
- Occupation
- Navigator (1535Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 606 SOS NAKHON PHANOM AB
- Born
- November 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Huntington, West Virginia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 13, 1968
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 36W, Line 13
- WILLIE C WALKERCorporal · December 12, 1968
- DONALD RAY ALLEYFirst Lieutenant · December 13, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER ORAN BOLSTERSergeant · December 13, 1968
- RONALD LEO NIEWAHNERSergeant · December 13, 1968
From Huntington
- GERALD BRUCE ROSESpecialist Five · February 22, 1965
- GLENN MCARTHUR LANEPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1965
- JACKIE L WAYMIRESergeant · January 9, 1967
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- RONALD KEITH NEALPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- JOHNNY MALCOLM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD EMMERTSergeant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFTSergeant First Class · September 25, 1967
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
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.