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ALBERT EDWARD SOMBELON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 22, 1930 – May 15, 1966
Service recordAlbert Edward Sombelon, of Killeen, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 63
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1930
- Home of record
- Killeen, Texas (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 63
- MARSHALL LANDIS TAPPColonel · May 15, 1966
- GEORGE WINTON THOMPSONMajor · May 15, 1966
- JAMES ELLIS WILLIAMSChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- EDWARD CHARLES WOODPrivate First Class · May 15, 1966
From Killeen
- CHARLES PIERCE SPARKSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1964
- NORMAN COLUMBUS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
- ARTHUR CECILIO AGUIRREStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1967
- ROY ROBERT BOOTHSpecialist Four · May 27, 1967
- LAMAR HAYES TEMPLECorporal · August 16, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE MAURERSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- THOMAS G BERNARDYSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- FLOYD BROWN SPENCER JRMajor · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT OLIVER WELLSSergeant · March 26, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID ALLEN JRCaptain · March 16, 1971
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.