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GERALD EDWARD ISAACSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 6, 1945 – October 8, 1966
Service recordGerald Edward Isaacson, of Marblehead, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Marblehead, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 61
- DENNIS GARLANDStaff Sergeant · October 8, 1966
- KYLE TURNER HARRINGTONSergeant First Class · October 8, 1966
- KEITH EUGENE HIXSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS KERNSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
From Marblehead
- EDGAR SNOW DOLIBERSpecialist Six · May 4, 1966
- HENRY ELMER MACCANNColonel · March 28, 1968
- DUNCAN BALFOUR SLEIGHSecond Lieutenant · November 6, 1968
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.