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GARY LEE TAYLOR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 27, 1945 – June 12, 1967
Service recordGary Lee Taylor, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 71 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “71 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 96
- ROGER LEE BARBERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- WENDELL LOUIL CARTERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- FRANKLIN DELANO CHOPPERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES CLIFFORDSeaman · June 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH CHARLES HURSESergeant · Panel 21E, Line 94
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.