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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Isaac Harris.

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ISAAC HARRIS

Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

December 8, 1945 – September 12, 1968

Service record

Isaac Harris, of Bainbridge, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 44W · Line 37

Position of Panel 44W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Born
December 8, 1945
Home of record
Bainbridge, Georgia (Decatur County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 12, 1968
Age
22
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Drowning

Context · from the records

What was happening

50 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 44W, Line 37

From Bainbridge

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.