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DUNCAN TAYLOR JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 17, 1943 – May 15, 1968
Service recordDuncan Taylor JR, of Alexandria, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 3
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 35 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 3
- STEVEN DALE RUGARPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID STIRRUPFirst Lieutenant · May 15, 1968
- VALENTINE JOHN SYNKOWSKILance Corporal · May 15, 1968
- FREDERICK WAYNE TAYLORSpecialist Five · May 15, 1968
From Alexandria
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TUNNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1962
- JOSH PALM JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1966
- ROBERT SMITH SRSergeant · October 21, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE BESSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JIMMY DARWIN GOLMONSergeant · December 20, 1966
- LEONARD WAYNE ELIEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- GILL LESTER CARTERAirman · August 17, 1967
- WILLIAM ALAN GILMORELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CHARLES WADDELL ROBERTSSergeant · September 21, 1967
- FLOYD CAMILLE LACHNEYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
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.