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CHARLES STOCKTON TAYLOR
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
August 8, 1945 – June 23, 1969
Service recordCharles Stockton Taylor, of Huntsville, Alabama, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 23, 1969, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 3
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1355)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- August 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 3
- STEVEN JAMES SKEENFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1969
- JOHN CALVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- HOMER DANIEL THICKSergeant First Class · June 23, 1969
- FRANKLIN W UNDERWOOD JRStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PERRY LUKE UNDERWOODPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 21W, Line 4
From Huntsville
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · December 9, 1965
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY KIGERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- JAMES EARL PERRYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT L MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES EDMOND HUFFSergeant · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- LARRY GENE CLARKLance Corporal · February 4, 1968
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.