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CHARLES FRANKLIN TAYLOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 29, 1948 – September 5, 1969
Service recordCharles Franklin Taylor, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 44
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; seven of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 44
- JOHN CHARLES STERLINGCorporal · September 5, 1969
- JOHNNY DELBERT SWANNSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- RAYMOND BRUCE THOMASCorporal · September 5, 1969
- RONALD CRAIG VLIEKSergeant · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ASBERRY BEARD JRCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 36
- KENNETH EDWARD FOUSTCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 38
- RON JACKSON HAYNESPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 39
- DOUGLAS SCOTT KEMPFSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 40
- JAMES LEE MOORECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 41
- RICHARD PAUL POWERSCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 42
- BRETT GRANT REAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 43
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.