Sherman, Albert
Army Private

Albert Sherman from New York, Bronx county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Wednesday, June 10, 1953
Death details: Late at night on June 10, 1953, Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) launched an attack against an important American outpost known as “Outpost Harry,” which commanders had deemed a “major outpost…to be held at all costs.” Following hours of intense bombardment, Chinese infantry attacked the American trench lines in front of the outpost. The CCF succeeded in capturing the trenches but intense hand-to-hand combat kept the CCF from advancing farther. Attacks persisted through the next day and late into June 11. By the morning of June 12, the Chinese forces withdrew. Similar assaults continued on “Outpost Harry” through the next week. Private Albert Sherman entered the U.S. Army from New York and served in the Medical Company of the 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was killed in action on June 10, 1953, after being hit by an enemy grenade during the CCF attack on “Outpost Harry.” Battle conditions prevented the recovery of his remains at the time, and further attempts to recover or identify them were unsuccessful. Today, Private Sherman is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency