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DONALD RICHARD TAYLOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 11, 1942 – February 9, 1964
Service recordDonald Richard Taylor, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Born
- March 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1964
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Other Weapons
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1964. In February 1964, 11 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 43
- ARTHUR WAYNE GLOVERSpecialist Four · February 9, 1964
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- DONALD EDWARD KOELPERCaptain · February 16, 1964
From Harrisburg
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 1966
- RICHARD ELWOOD FINKCorporal · January 7, 1967
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.