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WILLIAM DAVID ALBERT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1951 – July 14, 1969
Service recordWilliam David Albert, of Posen, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 14, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 115
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 1, 1951
- Home of record
- Posen, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 115
- DAVID EARL YATESFirst Lieutenant · July 13, 1969
- EDWIN CHARLES ALLENPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID BRASIERSergeant · July 14, 1969
- ERNEST DOOM BURNSChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 14, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE FREYPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
From Posen
- GEORGE PETER KLAUSSpecialist Four · August 16, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL PANKIEWICZSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
- RONALD JAMES JANOUSEKFirst Lieutenant · August 9, 1969
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.