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GARY NEAL ISAACS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 25, 1949 – January 30, 1969
Service recordGary Neal Isaacs, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 20
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
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 20
- LEE HAMILTON HARRASpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- WILBERT DWAYNE KANOSHCorporal · January 30, 1969
- HARPER BROWN KEELERMajor · January 30, 1969
- RONALD NEIL SAMPLELance Corporal · January 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ANTHONY FIREBAUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 19
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.