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WILL ISAAC JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1936 – May 26, 1970
Service recordWill Isaac JR, of Coatopa, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 7, 1936
- Home of record
- Coatopa, Alabama (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 103
- SAMMY MANUEL GULLARTSergeant · May 26, 1970
- WILLIAM EDWARD HAWKINSSergeant · May 26, 1970
- ALAN HILL JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1970
- HANCIL EVERT HOWELL JRSergeant · May 26, 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.