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LOUIS BASIL ALBERT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1948 – October 8, 1969
Service recordLouis Basil Albert JR, of Danforth, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 48
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- September 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Danforth, Maine (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 48
- MICHAEL KAY KNIGHTSpecialist Four · October 7, 1969
- KENNETH DEAN NORTONLieutenant (junior grade) · October 7, 1969
- ROBERT LEE SHEPPARD JRSpecialist Four · October 7, 1969
- ROOSEVELT WALLACECorporal · October 7, 1969
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.