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A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967.
A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, DASPO, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Royal George Isaacs JR.

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ROYAL GEORGE ISAACS JR

Captain · U.S. Army

January 29, 1941 – April 23, 1965

Service record

Royal George Isaacs JR, of Allen, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1E · Line 107

Position of Panel 1E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Captain (CPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Unit (as recorded)
SPECIAL FORCES
Born
January 29, 1941
Home of record
Allen, Oklahoma (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 23, 1965
Age
24
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

Four names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 1E, Line 107

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.