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WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHT
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 5, 1930 – March 24, 1967
Service recordWalter Leroy Albright, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airborne Electronic Countermeasures/Reconnaissance Officer (7354)
- Born
- August 5, 1930
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 33
- RICHARD DONALD ADAYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- ROBERT ALVAREZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- JOHN HENRY ARMSTRONGCorporal · March 24, 1967
- FREDERICK HAROLD BRODHAGENPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1968
- BERNARD JOHN BURNS JRSpecialist Four · February 6, 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.