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DONNIE CARL TAYLOR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1947 – April 6, 1971
Service recordDonnie Carl Taylor, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 110
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 110
- MARTIN DOUGLAS GOENSpecialist Four · April 6, 1971
- JOSEPH WALLACE JOHNSONSergeant · April 6, 1971
- RICHARD JON LOCKWOODStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1971
- LEONARD JAMES TRUMBLAYStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1971
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.