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DAVID F TAYLOR III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 15, 1942 – April 1, 1967
Service recordDavid F Taylor III, of Osceola, Arkansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Osceola, Arkansas (Mississippi County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1967; 21 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 89
- ANGELO TORRESSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- MANUEL BURROLA VALLEPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- RICHARD MEAD WATERBURYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- SAMMIE LEE WATTPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FREDDY L AMICKSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 83
- EARNEST CAESAR BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 84
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 84
- PHILLIP GRANTSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 85
- JOHN KING HARGRAVEPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 85
- RAY WESLEY RHODUSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 85
- ROLAND HAYES HOWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 87
- JAMES EDWARD PRESSLEYSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 87
- BENNIE HOWARD STRAITPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 88
- SAMMIE LEE WATTPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 89
- JAMES LE ROY WEHRPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 90
From Osceola
- JOEL CROCKETTPrivate First Class · September 22, 1967
- BOLEN PONDEXDER MCGEESpecialist Five · April 25, 1968
- TOMMY JOE DIXONCorporal · March 15, 1969
- CONNIE WAYNE PARRISHSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.