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ISAAC JOSEPH CORBETT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 15, 1941 – October 6, 1969
Service recordIsaac Joseph Corbett, of Willacoochee, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 6, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 45
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- September 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Willacoochee, Georgia (Atkinson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 45
- WENDELL PAUL CURRYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1969
- GENE PAUL FUSSEYSpecialist Four · October 6, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE HAYESMajor · October 6, 1969
- MICHAEL ELSMERE LUCASPrivate First Class · October 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WENDELL PAUL CURRYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 45
- ROBERT WAYNE HAYESMajor · Panel 17W, Line 45
From Willacoochee
- JOHNNY WAYNE SPIVEYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
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.