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DAVID EARL TAYLOR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 24, 1946 – January 20, 1969
Service recordDavid Earl Taylor, of Big Spring, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 45
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Big Spring, Texas (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 45
- LARRY BROWNSpecialist Four · January 20, 1969
- ROBERT WALTER SMITHSergeant · January 20, 1969
- WARREN LEE SPINKSergeant · January 20, 1969
- RONALD EDWARD STOKERPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD KING ZIMMERMANMajor · Panel 34W, Line 46
From Big Spring
- AUGUSTIN CHAVEZ PAREDEZSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LEWIS MCCOY THOMASPrivate First Class · April 14, 1966
- INZAR WILLIAM RACKLEY JRLieutenant Colonel · October 18, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN SPANGLERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- EDDIE DEAN HOLLANDSWORTHPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- WALTER ROGERS BLALOCKSergeant · March 6, 1967
- GENE VAUGHNLance Corporal · May 2, 1967
- DEAN MOORESpecialist Five · November 22, 1967
- ISMAEL HOLGUINSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- REYNALDO AYALA SANCHEZPrivate First Class · April 22, 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.