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ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 1, 1947 – November 4, 1967
Service recordRobert Allen Albertson, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Ypsilanti, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 18
- GREGORY ALTON WATSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 3, 1967
- JIMMY RAY BAGGARLYPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- JAMES WALTER BROCK IIIPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- ALBERT RUSSELL MOLNARSpecialist Four · November 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY RAY BAGGARLYPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 18
- DAVID MACK HERENDONPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 19
- GLEN RAYMOND WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 23
From Ypsilanti
- WILLIAM LENNINGTON BROWNLieutenant · July 9, 1965
- JACK MAYNARD HOPKINSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- HERMON EUGENE FULLER JRLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- DAVID SCOTT PALMERHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- THOMAS LEONARD CLELANDSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- KENDAL LEE BENNEY JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- CARL ROBERT ARVINCaptain · October 8, 1967
- CHARLES WESLEY BIRDSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- GRADY MERRIL JORDANSergeant First Class · December 24, 1967
- DANNIE LEWIS JOHNSONSergeant · December 30, 1967
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.