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RICHARD PATRICK ALBERT
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 17, 1948 – August 20, 1969
Service recordRichard Patrick Albert, of St Agatha, Maine, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 76
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1948
- Home of record
- St Agatha, Maine (Aroostook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 76
- DONALD FRED WOODFirst Lieutenant · August 19, 1969
- LEONARD JAMES ZIGALLATechnical Sergeant · August 19, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE BAZEMOREPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- LESTER J BRANTLEYStaff Sergeant · August 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DALE WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 84
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.