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JOHNNY BOYD ALBRITTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1946 – September 29, 1967
Service recordJohnny Boyd Albritton, of Farmerville, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 26
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Farmerville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 26
- JOHN MARK ZEHNDERSpecialist Four · September 28, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL AGAZZIPetty Officer Third Class · September 29, 1967
- ROBERT DOUGLAS ANDERSONSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- CHARLES WALTER DEW BALCOESpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 29
From Farmerville
- CLIFTON ANTHONY DAVISSpecialist Four · September 21, 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.