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CHARLIE WILLIAM TAYLOR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 25, 1943 – August 17, 1970
Service recordCharlie William Taylor, of Pleasantville, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 17, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 120
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Pleasantville, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 120
- DAVID LEROY RAMSAYCaptain · August 17, 1970
- SCOTT EDWARD SCHNEIDERCaptain · August 17, 1970
- RAYMOND L STANSBURY IISpecialist Four · August 17, 1970
- PHILLIP ROGERSON WELLONSMajor · August 17, 1970
From Pleasantville
- JOSEPH DAVID PUGGISergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK MCCOLLUMCaptain · May 23, 1968
- GEORGE AUSTIN CARNEYSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- HARRY JOHN JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- JOSEPH PIPPENBACHSergeant · May 7, 1970
- ALBERT ELWOOD METTINGERSergeant First Class · October 7, 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.