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DONALD CLAUDE TAYLOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 30, 1949 – March 5, 1970
Service recordDonald Claude Taylor, of Chenoa, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Chenoa, Illinois (Mclean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 86
- ELMER REID PERRYSergeant · March 5, 1970
- DENNIS HARLEN RILEYLance Corporal · March 5, 1970
- JOHNNY FRANKLIN ROACHConstructionman · March 5, 1970
- ROBERT PAGE ROSENBACHMajor · March 5, 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.