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ERIC WYCKOFF TAYLOR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 30, 1948 – February 18, 1970
Service recordEric Wyckoff Taylor, of New York, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1970, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 30
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 30, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 30
- PATRICK OWEN POMPELLASergeant · February 18, 1970
- DAVID FRANCIS SKALAPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- RONAL LOYD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- THOMAS ALBERT WILLIAMSLance Corporal · February 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ENGLISH ASH JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 25
- JOHN FREDRICK BRADMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 26
- JAMES ROGER CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 26
- JAMES NICHOLAS DIEDRICHPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 27
- ROGER WESLEY FIKEPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 27
- BRIAN MICHAEL FLANNERYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 28
- MAXIE DEAN LINAMSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 29
- HENRY TONY RAVAPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 31
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.