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GARY DEAN TAYLOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 9, 1942 – October 4, 1969
Service recordGary Dean Taylor, of Menlo Park, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 38
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Menlo Park, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 38
- WILLIAM F MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- GEORGE MULROONEYChief Petty Officer · October 4, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL SHROBAStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1969
- ORVAL ARTHUR BALDWINWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD PETER HUFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 36
From Menlo Park
- ROY SHARP PITTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- SALVADOR ZABALA JRSergeant · February 22, 1967
- MARTIN MOSHER HUNTPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- MARC WAYNE MCCABESergeant · February 28, 1968
- LEONARD JOHN HALLSergeant · March 26, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES BURKE JRSergeant · May 12, 1969
- ELGIN JOHN JURIPrivate First Class · June 29, 1969
- JOHN WILLIE COCKERHAM JRSpecialist Four · August 26, 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.