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BILLY JOE TAYLOR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 24, 1947 – August 2, 1968
Service recordBilly Joe Taylor, of Wyandotte, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 2, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Wyandotte, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 1
- DONALD BLUE SCOTTLance Corporal · August 2, 1968
- CRAIG FRANCIS SWAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT TAYLORPetty Officer Second Class · August 2, 1968
- CHESTER ANTON WRIGHTSpecialist Four · August 2, 1968
From Wyandotte
- CHRISTOPHER PAUL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 30, 1967
- PATRICK RICHARD CALLAHANPrivate First Class · July 8, 1967
- CECIL R HOBBS JRSergeant · April 4, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD RAUBOLTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS JENKINSPrivate · May 27, 1968
- HENRY PHILIP BALDWINHospitalman · March 19, 1969
- DANNY KEITH YELLEYPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
- GEORGE BERNARD TEARPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- JOHN JAMES LAFLERLance Corporal · August 27, 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.