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GEORGE THOMAS TAFF JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 11, 1944 – February 20, 1971
Service recordGeorge Thomas Taff JR, of College Station, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 127
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 11, 1944
- Home of record
- College Station, Texas (Brazos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 127
- CHARLES E BOVINETTE JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1971
- DAVID THORNTON TAYLORSergeant · February 20, 1971
- PETER LINO BARILIFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1971
- CARL HENRY CACCIASpecialist Five · February 21, 1971
- JAMES PATRICK CALIFFCorporal · February 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD BERYL FRAZIERSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 123
- DENNIS ELBERT GILLILANDSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 123
- JOHN VERNON RAUENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 126
From College Station
- WALTER LEE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1967
- CONVERSE RISING LEWIS IIICorporal · October 26, 1967
- NEAL CLINTON WARDMajor · June 13, 1969
- CARL EDWIN LONGCaptain · December 20, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 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.