Albert Edward Isbell was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of Albert Edward Isbell and Laura Boren Meadors.
He died of wounds sustained in Germany, near the Ruhr river.
405th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division, F Company.
Buried at Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, the Netherlands, F, 11, 24.
His brother John E. Isbell is also buried at the American Cemetery Margraten, plot G, row 18, grave 27.
The Tennessean, 24 December 1944
S/Sgt Albert E. Isbell Jr., 21, of Skyview Drive, son of A. E. Isbel, Sr., of Murfreesboro, was killed in action November 30 in Germany, relatives here have been notified by the war department. Sergeant Isbel was attached to a Ranger outfit, and had been overseas since last spring. A graduate of Isaac Litton High School, he entered the service two years ago. His brother, Lt. John Ellis Isbel, a bombardier, was killed in action November 2, 1943. He has another brothers, Noel B. Isbel, a chief petty officer with the navy who is serving in the South Pacific. Sergeant Isbel was born and reared in Nashville and is a nephew of J.G. Stephenson of 3715 Harding Road.
- Rank: Sergeant
- Date of birth: 3 March 1922
- Date of death: 30 November 1944
- County: Grainger
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 405th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands
- Location In Memorial: Pillar IX, Top Panel
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