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EDWARD EUGENE TAYLOR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 21, 1926 – January 27, 1972
Service recordEdward Eugene Taylor, of Middletown, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1972, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 21, 1926
- Home of record
- Middletown, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1972
- Age
- 45
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1972; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 101
- MARK ERWIN ALLENSpecialist Four · January 26, 1972
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CRANE IIPrivate First Class · January 27, 1972
- LAWRENCE MCFIE OXX JRFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1972
- PANORMITIS STAVLASFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1972
From Middletown
- CHARLES DELANO SWARTZPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- JACKIE G STANLEYSergeant · June 28, 1967
- RAY DANIEL PENDERGRAFTMajor · July 2, 1967
- STEVEN EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANDREW RICHARD SMITH JRPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- THOMAS RAY EDWARDSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- MICHAEL OLIVER CASSIDYSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- JAMES DALE ADKINSCorporal · June 8, 1969
- CHARLES M KINIYALOCTSCorporal · June 29, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
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.