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DONALD THOMAS TAYLOR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 21, 1947 – May 5, 1969
Service recordDonald Thomas Taylor, of Newberry, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 8
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 168 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- February 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Newberry, Michigan (Luce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 8
- LOUIS SOLIVANSergeant First Class · May 5, 1969
- JOHN WALLACE STEWARTCorporal · May 5, 1969
- JAMES LEROY WASHINGTON SRSergeant · May 5, 1969
- ALLEN WAYNE ALLUMSSpecialist Five · May 6, 1969
From Newberry
- JAMES A GRUEZKEWarrant Officer 1 · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD DAN WILLIAMSSergeant · May 1, 1968
- WALLACE R THORSON JRLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- GERALD EVERETT HETRICKLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
- ROGER CHARLES NESBITPrivate First Class · February 13, 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.