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ROBERT ALBANESE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1931 – July 3, 1969
Service recordRobert Albanese, of Belvidere, New Jersey, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 50
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1931
- Home of record
- Belvidere, New Jersey (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 50
- MICHAEL R BLANCHFIELDSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- HENRY JOHN CABALLEROSergeant · July 3, 1969
- DANNIE ARTHUR CARRSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- CHARLES BERLIN DEDONStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EARL KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 53
From Belvidere
- ERNEST WILLIAM SMITHSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
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.