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JOHN EDWARD ISHMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 8, 1939 – February 22, 1968
Service recordJohn Edward Ishman, of Clarendon, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 64
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1939
- Home of record
- Clarendon, Pennsylvania (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 64
- HARRISON CHARLES ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- JON ALBERT JULIASergeant · February 22, 1968
- JAMES ANTHONY KOCHPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE ROCHESergeant · February 22, 1968
From Clarendon
- DAVID ELTON BEANStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1969
- STEVEN ALLEN RICKERSONLance Corporal · September 15, 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.