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HUEY LEE ISHMAN
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1948 – November 19, 1969
Service recordHuey Lee Ishman, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 95
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 95
- DOUGLAS EUGENE PETERSONSpecialist Four · October 1, 1969
- WALIS WARREN GARSTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1969
- DAVID GARZAPrivate First Class · November 19, 1969
- CRAIG STEVEN GREENPrivate First Class · November 19, 1969
- RORY WILLIAM HUNTERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1969
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
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.