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RAYMOND HOWARD ALBERT JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 4, 1945 – September 20, 1968
Service recordRaymond Howard Albert JR, of Imperial Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 44
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Imperial Beach, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 44
- WILLIAM EDWARD DICK JRSpecialist Four · September 19, 1968
- WILLIAM RICHARD TURNER JRSergeant · September 19, 1968
- PHILIP JOHN WAJDALance Corporal · September 19, 1968
- MICHAEL KAYE WONDERLICHFirst Lieutenant · September 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RALPH MORLEDGEPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 48
- JAMES RONALD SCHULTZSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 49
From Imperial Beach
- DENNIS RAY CHRISTIELance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- LEON ZUNIGA JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- ALBERT W MCKINNEY JRPrivate First Class · December 26, 1968
- MICHAEL SEAN MASSEYCorporal · March 8, 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.