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ALBERT WILSON SIRMANS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1947 – September 17, 1968
Service recordAlbert Wilson Sirmans JR, of Waycross, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 22
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Waycross, Georgia (Ware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 22
- GEORGE SANDOVALLance Corporal · September 17, 1968
- GEORGE DAVID SHANNONCorporal · September 17, 1968
- LARRY DEAN SMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN YARBROUGHCorporal · September 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL EDWARD BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 12
- COLOMBO PHIL DELTERZOSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 13
- FRANK JOSEPH MCMANUSPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 18
- JAMES PATRICK RAWLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 20
- RONALD WALTER ZYDELPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 24
From Waycross
- WILLIAM THOMAS REACHFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1965
- ROBERT WESLEY HARDEN JRSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JAMES DALE HAWESPrivate First Class · November 11, 1965
- TOMMIE LEE SILLSStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MULLISSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- WILLIAM ARLAND GRIFFISStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- ALLEN DONIHUE CHESHIRESpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- CLEVELAND BROWNINGCorporal · May 23, 1969
- NORMAN ROGER SWEATStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1969
- PERRY BERNARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
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.