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LEWIS ALBANESE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 27, 1946 – December 1, 1966
Medal of Honor StoryLewis Albanese, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Medal of Honor · awarded posthumously
For conspicuous gallantry
Lewis Albanese received the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for valor, for his actions on December 1, 1966.
Citation text as reproduced in Wikipedia’s article on Lewis Albanese; Medal of Honor citations are official U.S. government records. See also the Congressional Medal of Honor Society and all Medal of Honor recipients on the Wall.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 131
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 131
- LLOYD HANS ROHDEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1966
- MELVIN WALLACE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- DENNIS EUGENE BENEDETTISpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BENNETTPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS EUGENE BENEDETTISpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 131
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BENNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 131
- ROBERT EDWARD BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 132
- STEPHEN WAYNE DAYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 132
- XAVIER FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 132
- GEORGE LOUIS GAVARIASpecialist Five · Panel 13E, Line 1
- ALLAN JOSEPH NELSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 1
- CLIFFORD SMITHCaptain · Panel 13E, Line 2
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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. The Medal of Honor citation above is the official account of his actions. See something wrong? Report a correction.