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ALBERT ISHMAN JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 27, 1930 – June 6, 1968
Service recordAlbert Ishman JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 6
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
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 27, 1930
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 6
- ROGER LEE INBODENCorporal · June 6, 1968
- MELVIN DOYLE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- KURT ELTON LAPLANTLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- DENNIS LEE LOBBEZOOPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ZACK WILLIAM NAPIERSpecialist Five · Panel 59W, Line 10
- DENNIS W MOURGELASSpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 11
- ANGELO CARMELO SANTIAGOSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 13
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.