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DAVID THORNTON TAYLOR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 25, 1949 – February 20, 1971
Service recordDavid Thornton Taylor, of Five Points, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 127
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Five Points, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 127
- CHARLES E BOVINETTE JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1971
- GEORGE THOMAS TAFF JRFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1971
- PETER LINO BARILIFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1971
- CARL HENRY CACCIASpecialist Five · February 21, 1971
- JAMES PATRICK CALIFFCorporal · February 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CLARK HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 124
- CARL NACCA JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 126
From Five Points
- NICKOLAS GASTELUM GARCIASpecialist Four · April 22, 1969
- DOMINGO YABBARA GARCIAPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
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.