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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Reid Allen Isler.

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REID ALLEN ISLER

Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy

February 25, 1947 – May 17, 1968

Service record

Reid Allen Isler, of Estancia, New Mexico, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 62E · Line 6

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Born
February 25, 1947
Home of record
Estancia, New Mexico (Torrance County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 17, 1968
Age
21
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Estancia

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.