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EMORY LE ROY TAYLOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 17, 1948 – April 17, 1967
Service recordEmory Le Roy Taylor, of Huntington, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Huntington, West Virginia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1967; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 43
- JOSEPH RAYMOND SMITHSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- RICHARD LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- OTHEL THOMASPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- JAMES RONALD TREMAYNEMajor · April 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD HAMILTON BRIDGESSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 39
- JOHN FREDERICK BENSE JRSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 40
- FRANCISCO GARZAPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 40
- JOHNNY WAYNE GOULDStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 40
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 41
- EDWARD MICHAEL HOWELLSergeant First Class · Panel 18E, Line 41
- JULIO MASSO-PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 41
- EARL LEE DERBYSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 42
- DAVID ALLEN RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 42
From Huntington
- GERALD BRUCE ROSESpecialist Five · February 22, 1965
- GLENN MCARTHUR LANEPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1965
- JACKIE L WAYMIRESergeant · January 9, 1967
- RONALD KEITH NEALPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- JOHNNY MALCOLM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD EMMERTSergeant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFTSergeant First Class · September 25, 1967
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE STEPHENSPetty Officer Third Class · January 24, 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.