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ALBERT CHARLES RISING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 6, 1943 – March 28, 1966
Service recordAlbert Charles Rising, of New Woodstock, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 624 ORD CO 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- April 6, 1943
- Home of record
- New Woodstock, New York (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 58
- MAARTEN DEGROOTLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ANTHONY SILBASpecialist Five · March 28, 1966
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD TAYLORSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
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.