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JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINI
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 30, 1947 – October 6, 1967
Service recordJoseph Alfred Albertini, of La Puente, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 56
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1947
- Home of record
- La Puente, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 56
- ROBERT RICHARD SANDSTROMPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- STANLEY ROY UDINGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WERTMANLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- GALE ARTHUR ALLDRIDGESergeant · October 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY RAY CRAWFORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 57
- ROBERT LEE DUNCANCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 58
- CHRISTOPHER RUBEN SALEHPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 61
From La Puente
- TERRANCE RICHARD LYLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- JOE ARREGUINPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- PETER JAN FILIPIAKCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENE FISHERPetty Officer First Class · March 18, 1968
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · March 29, 1968
- RONALD REYESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- LEWIS JOHN YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- JAMES WARREN LIEBESPECKStaff Sergeant · May 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.