Rank: Private First Class
Unit: K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 22-Dec-1948
Hometown: Fairmont, West Virginia
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 11-Jul-1968
Start of tour: 31-Dec-1968
Incident date: 20-Jun-1969
Date of casualty: 20-Jun-1969
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Joseph Wayne Isell Jr was killed while a crew member on a military vehicle on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. / Gunner on Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on combat operation when engaged hostile force in firefight.
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XT 682 858
Place of interment: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Fairmont, West Virginia, USA
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