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EDMUND BATTELLE TAYLOR JR
Captain · U.S. Navy
September 12, 1931 – May 8, 1972
Service recordEdmund Battelle Taylor JR, of Lima, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 8, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Surface Warfare (1110)
- Unit (as recorded)
- STAFF COMCRUDESFLOT 11
- Born
- September 12, 1931
- Home of record
- Lima, Ohio (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1972
- Age
- 40
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1972. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “STAFF COMCRUDESFLOT 11”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 15
- REMBRANDT CECIL ROBINSONRear Admiral · May 8, 1972
- JOHN TIMOTHY CONRYFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1972
- MIKE JOHN AGUILARSergeant · May 10, 1972
- OSCAR AGUILARSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MURRAY LEAVER JRCommander · Panel 1W, Line 14
From Lima
- LARRY LEE TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- MARINER PATRICKPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- ARMON D SHINGLEDECKERCaptain · May 31, 1966
- DANIEL LEE GARRISONSeaman · December 26, 1966
- DAVID EUGENE GOSSARDPrivate First Class · September 20, 1967
- JAMES DUDLEY SHAFERSergeant · November 6, 1967
- LOUIS TIMOTHY HAZZARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL DWAINE NEWLANDPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- JOHN FRANKLIN KENNEDYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- MICHAEL DONVIAN WILSONPrivate First Class · September 3, 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.