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CLIFTON THOMAS TAYLOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 21, 1948 – May 23, 1968
Service recordClifton Thomas Taylor, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 3
- WILLIAM HENRY TAYLORCaptain · May 23, 1968
- DANIEL FRANCIS THOMPSONSergeant · May 23, 1968
- RUSSELL UDELL WESTLance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- JOE EBERT ALLENSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN VICTORY DELARAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 66E, Line 8
- CHARLES RUSSELL MILLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 66E, Line 11
- TERRENCE EDWARD ONEILSergeant · Panel 66E, Line 12
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
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.