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RONALD HARRISON ALLBRIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 22, 1948 – April 26, 1970
Service recordRonald Harrison Allbright, of Trinity, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 53
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Trinity, Texas (Trinity County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 53
- ARMAND ERVIN RISTINENStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1970
- BILLY JOE SEBASTIANCorporal · April 25, 1970
- GUS SMITH JRSpecialist Four · April 25, 1970
- SAMUEL EARL ASHERCaptain · April 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL EARL ASHERCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 53
- TONY CLOUGHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 54
- CHARLES RAY KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 55
- EUDELL LEO KOTROUSCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 55
From Trinity
- TOM WILLIS SIMMONS JRPrivate First Class · January 22, 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.