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RONALD WAITSEL ISENHOUR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 27, 1949 – November 5, 1970
Service recordRonald Waitsel Isenhour, of Hickory, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 40
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Hickory, North Carolina (Catawba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 6W, Line 40
- KEVIN RICHARD HUMPHREYLance Corporal · November 5, 1970
- PETER JOSEPH LANDRYFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1970
- ROBERT KEITH MILBRATHLieutenant Colonel · November 5, 1970
- SEWALL KENT LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- J C DAVISSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 42
From Hickory
- PAUL EDWARD RUDEEN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1965
- LARRY EUGENE FOWLERLance Corporal · February 22, 1967
- JAMES LEE ROSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- MCCLURE THACKERSONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE CROOKSCorporal · June 7, 1967
- STEVE MONROE SUMMERLINLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- JERRY W BRANNOCKPrivate First Class · December 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD DEESE JRCorporal · February 26, 1968
- EDWIN DOUGLAS CONNELLSergeant · April 8, 1968
- EUGENE HARRISPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
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.