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ALBERT SHILLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 15, 1947 – April 2, 1968
Service recordAlbert Shiller, of Easton, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Easton, Pennsylvania (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 43
- JOHN JOSEPH PALLPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- PABLO DEMEO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- BENNY M SANTISTEVAN JRPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- KENNETH FRANCIS SCHORNDORFSpecialist Four · April 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT HUGO CATO IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 38
- ROBERT ALLEN MOWERYSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 41
From Easton
- ROBERT ALLEN BUTZFirst Lieutenant · June 26, 1965
- CHESTER EUGENE WORMAN JRLance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS RICHARD ANDREWLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- ROBERT CRITCHLEY KELLERFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1966
- WALTER WALTON HARINGStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ALAN WAYNE BONNEYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GOZDANSecond Lieutenant · October 6, 1967
- RICHARD LEE WHITTEKERCaptain · March 27, 1968
- TERRY JAMES RAMPULLALance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- WILLIAM TERRY GIBSONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
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.