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FRED TAYLOR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1932 – July 13, 1965
Service recordFred Taylor, of Castlewood, Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on July 13, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 37
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 2, 1932
- Home of record
- Castlewood, Virginia (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 13, 1965
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1965; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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 2E, Line 37
- ROBERT PAUL DIONNEHospitalman · July 14, 1965
- JAMES EARL PARMELEESecond Lieutenant · July 14, 1965
- DONALD RAY VINSONSergeant · July 14, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
Same unit, same day
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 36
From Castlewood
- ROBERT GILMER GARRETTSpecialist Four · February 10, 1969
- JAMES FRANKLIN AUSTINSergeant · April 13, 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.