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DARRYL WADE TAYLOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1947 – June 28, 1971
Service recordDarryl Wade Taylor, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 92
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 92
- DONALD LYNN DELAPLAINEWarrant Officer 1 · June 28, 1971
- GERALD JAY DOWJOTASSergeant · June 28, 1971
- WILLIE JAMES JRStaff Sergeant · June 28, 1971
- LARRY MONTEZ LIVINGSTONSpecialist Four · June 28, 1971
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.