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MICHAEL GENE ISELY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 6, 1945 – November 18, 1966
Service recordMichael Gene Isely, of Slidell, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Slidell, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 84
- WILLIAM TAMM ARNOLDLieutenant Commander · November 18, 1966
- DUNCAN EDWARD BASS JRSergeant · November 18, 1966
- CARL BROWNSpecialist Four · November 18, 1966
- JAMES SILAS GILBERTPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CARL BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 84
- RAYMOND EUGENE SMOOTSpecialist Five · Panel 12E, Line 85
- BILLY JOE WAYMIREChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 12E, Line 86
From Slidell
- JACK EATONStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1967
- LOUIS ALPHONSE PICHON JRGunnery Sergeant · March 24, 1967
- JAMES DAVID CIRUTIPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- JOHN ALFRED LASSITERPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JAMES CURTIS BRANNANSergeant First Class · March 31, 1969
- PHILIP GEORGE KNIEPER JRCorporal · March 20, 1970
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.