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ANDREW JAMES TAYLOR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 3, 1940 – May 2, 1970
Service recordAndrew James Taylor, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 88
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 3, 1940
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 88
- JOHN CALVIN SHERMANStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
- GEORGE DALE SLYEStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM SMITHSergeant · May 2, 1970
- RODNEY HAROLD STONECaptain · May 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL BECKERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 83
- CURTIS GAITHERCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 84
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.