The Wall › Panel 6W › Texas › Theodore Isom
THEODORE ISOM
Private · U.S. Army
June 19, 1948 – November 20, 1970
Service recordTheodore Isom, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 73
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 73
- RALPH WOOD BASNIGHTSergeant · November 20, 1970
- DENNIS HUMPHREY DALEPrivate First Class · November 20, 1970
- ARTHUR FISHERSergeant · November 20, 1970
- WILLIAM ELGIN FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · November 20, 1970
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.