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Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966.
Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966. Photo: SP5 Charles V. Hoover, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Alonzo Hughes Taylor.

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ALONZO HUGHES TAYLOR

Sergeant · U.S. Army

November 14, 1948 – June 11, 1970

Service record

Alonzo Hughes Taylor, of Pomona, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 9W · Line 45

Position of Panel 9W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Regular
Occupation
Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
Unit (as recorded)
1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
Born
November 14, 1948
Home of record
Pomona, California (Los Angeles County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 11, 1970
Age
21
Province
Tay Ninh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

21 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1970; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 9W, Line 45

Same unit, same day

From Pomona

All 23 names from Pomona →

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.