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MICHAEL ALBERICI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 3, 1947 – August 24, 1968
Service recordMichael Alberici, of Floral Park, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 59
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Floral Park, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 59
- ROGER CHARLES ANDERSONSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- EDWARD RAY ARNWINEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- CARL LEE BORGENSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- DONALD PATRICK CALDWELLFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
From Floral Park
- JOSEPH PRICE LIPTONLance Corporal · May 1, 1967
- JOEL BARRY WARSHAWSKYCorporal · September 22, 1967
- KENNETH WILLIAM TAPPE JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH STAHLPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- LEONARD CHARLES LEESERCaptain · January 28, 1970
- ALIN EMILE NORRISPrivate First Class · April 30, 1971
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.