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ISAAC TAGGART
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 1, 1947 – September 18, 1968
Service recordIsaac Taggart, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 31
- J B SPEARMONSergeant · September 18, 1968
- GARY ENNIS STRAKERSergeant · September 18, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE TURNERStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1968
- KREG ARTHUR VIESTENZPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY HUGH ALLENSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 24
- WALTER HENRY FENNELLPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 27
- DENNIS EDWARD WITKOWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 32
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.