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ELMER JACK TAYLOR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 11, 1940 – March 30, 1966
Service recordElmer Jack Taylor, of Atmore, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 68
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Atmore, Alabama (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 68
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- RONALD EARL SHERMANPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- L V THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MARSHALL KNIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 66
- CARL L MUNSEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 66
From Atmore
- JACK ELLIOTT CLEMMONSSpecialist Five · December 18, 1965
- JAMES MATHEW KELLYSpecialist Four · November 8, 1966
- LARRY EUGENE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- ALLEN TWIGGS MERRITT IVPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- RICHARD BENJAMINCorporal · February 6, 1968
- LARRY BENJAMIN THOMASSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- JAMES RAYFORD GOHAGINSpecialist Five · May 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.