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ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1935 – April 10, 1964
Service recordAlbert Lawrence Shimek, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 48
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 8, 1935
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1964
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1964. In April 1964, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 48
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROBERT NEWTON BRUMETCaptain · April 9, 1964
- WILLIAM THOMAS CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · April 10, 1964
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JIMMY LEELAND CROUCHLance Corporal · September 26, 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.