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CALVIN LEROY TAYLOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 1, 1948 – May 18, 1967
Service recordCalvin Leroy Taylor, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 37
- JIMMIE LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN THOMASPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- LELAND HERBERT THOMPSONSergeant · May 18, 1967
- LEON THORNTONSergeant · May 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FLORENTINO CIPRIAN BARRONCorporal · Panel 20E, Line 20
- ROY DUKE CHITWOODStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 22
- COIL EDMOND JRCorporal · Panel 20E, Line 25
- WILLIAM CARL FREUNDCorporal · Panel 20E, Line 26
- WILLIE ROGER GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 28
- JOHN WAYNE HUDGENSSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 29
- STANLEY MICHAEL JAMROZYSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 29
- PHILIP JOHN OLOFSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 33
- ALVIN RICHARD SPIDERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 36
- LEON THORNTONSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 37
- OLIVER ARGYLE WARESergeant First Class · Panel 20E, Line 38
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
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.