The WallVietnam Veterans Memorial · The Lake Norman Brief
Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966.
Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966. Photo: SP5 Charles V. Hoover, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Isaiah Mulwee JR.

The Wall › Panel 5E › Connecticut › Isaiah Mulwee JR

ISAIAH MULWEE JR

Private First Class · U.S. Army

July 22, 1943 – February 23, 1966

Service record

Isaiah Mulwee JR, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 5E · Line 66

Position of Panel 5E 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.

Remember

Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.

Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
Born
July 22, 1943
Home of record
Bridgeport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 23, 1966
Age
22
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

32 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 5E, Line 66

Same unit, same day

From Bridgeport

All 30 names from Bridgeport →

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.