Gerald Wayne Albritton (1948 - 1969)

Born 30 Aug 1948 in Bradenton, Manatee, Florida, United States

Died 3 Jun 1969 at age 20 in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam

Biography

Corporal Gerald Albritton was Killed in Action at Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam during Vietnam War.

CPL Gerald Albritton served in the United States Army in the Vietnam War
Service started:
Unit(s): B CO, 1ST BN, 46TH INFANTRY, AMERICAL DIV, USARV
Service ended:

Gerald was born in 1948.

He was killed in 1969 due to a lightning strike while on patrol in Vietnam.

Military Service

Gerald Wayne Albritton ON THE WALL at Panel W23 Line 49

PERSONAL DATA: Home of Record: Bradenton, FL Date of birth: 08/30/1948

MILITARY DATA: Service Branch: Army of the United States Grade at loss: E3 Rank: Posthumous Promotion as indicated

Promotion Note: None ID No: 53582204 MOS: 11B10: Infantryman Length Service: 00 Unit: B CO, 1ST BN, 46TH INFANTRY, AMERICAL DIV, USARV

CASUALTY DATA: Start Tour: 01/14/1969 Incident Date: 06/03/1969 Casualty Date: 06/03/1969 Status Date: Not Applicable Status Change: Not Applicable Age at Loss: 20 Location: Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam Remains: Body recovered Repatriated: Not Applicable Identified: Not Applicable Casualty Type: Non-hostile, died of other causes Casualty Reason: Ground casualty Casualty Detail: Other causes (undefined) URL: https:/www.VirtualWall.org/da/AlbrittonGW01a.htm Data accessed: 3/2/2019 ^[1] This page Copyright© 1997-2018 www.VirtualWall.org Ltd.

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"United States Casualties of the Vietnam War, 1956-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXZW-1YB : 12 December 2014), Gerald Wayne Albritton, NARA NAID 306742, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

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