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GARY LYNN TAYLOR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 5, 1946 – June 13, 1969
Service recordGary Lynn Taylor, of Chicago Ridge, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 44
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Film Library Specialist (76L)
- Born
- September 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago Ridge, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 44
- WAYNE GREGORY SCRIMSHAWCorporal · June 13, 1969
- CLARENCE MOODY STONER JRSergeant · June 13, 1969
- JAMES CLELLON STORYPrivate · June 13, 1969
- THOMAS HAROLD UTEGAARDSergeant · June 13, 1969
From Chicago Ridge
- GLENN TRUMAN BRISTOWHospitalman · April 5, 1967
- RICHARD SHIRMANGFirst Sergeant · November 7, 1969
- JACK RICHCARDO GILBERTSergeant · August 3, 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.