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CLARENCE TAYLOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 6, 1944 – May 28, 1969
Service recordClarence Taylor, of Greenville, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Greenville, Alabama (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23W, Line 11
- ROBERT BERTON READCorporal · May 28, 1969
- JOSEPH LEE RHODESLance Corporal · May 28, 1969
- ROBERT GUSTAVE SCHMIDTLance Corporal · May 28, 1969
- FORREST LLOYD SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVE FREEMAN GRUBBCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 9
- KEITH BRIAN JANKEStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 9
From Greenville
- MICHAEL TOXEY RUTHERFORDPrivate First Class · November 5, 1969
- PHILIP DOYLE SELLERSColonel · July 29, 1972
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.