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LUIGI FRANK ALBANESE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 4, 1948 – January 27, 1968
Service recordLuigi Frank Albanese, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 43
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 43
- KEITH RAY BACORNHospitalman · January 27, 1968
- JOSEPH LLOYD BEGOTKASergeant · January 27, 1968
- GERALD ROBERT BRENTPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- JAMES MARION BUCKPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ARTHUR FELSHAWPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 45
- HARVEY HARRIS JRSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 46
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. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.