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GEORGE DENNIS TAYLOR
Captain · U.S. Army
October 11, 1943 – September 7, 1968
Service recordGeorge Dennis Taylor, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 64
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 64
- MICHAEL ANTHONY FAULKNERSergeant · September 7, 1968
- CHARLES GLENN RUSSELLCorporal · September 7, 1968
- CARLOS DYRAL VIBBERTSpecialist Four · September 7, 1968
- STEVEN ANDREW WINTERSCorporal · September 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN ABRUZZESA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 59
- JOHN WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 62
- MICHAEL ANTHONY FAULKNERSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 64
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
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.