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GEOFFREY RAYMOND TAYLOR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 30, 1946 – May 2, 1968
Service recordGeoffrey Raymond Taylor, of Canoga Park, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Canoga Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 73 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 20
- ISMAEL JOSE VALDEZ JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- DEAN VASQUEZPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JULIUS LEMUEL WALKER JRCorporal · May 2, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL WALKERCorporal · May 2, 1968
From Canoga Park
- WILLIAM HARRY AMSPACHER JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1965
- MITCHELL CONRAD SHORTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GRANNANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- HARTLEY MICHAEL JOSEPHSONLieutenant · October 7, 1966
- RICHARD KENNETH WELLSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- ELMER FREDERICK KENNEYSergeant · July 11, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN RUMLEYCorporal · January 8, 1968
- MICHAEL KANEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- ANGEL ANTONIO GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- ROBERT ERNEST FORSHEYMajor · February 6, 1968
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.