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GRANT CARL TAYLOR
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
November 24, 1946 – June 5, 1967
Service recordGrant Carl Taylor, of Tiffin, Ohio, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 59
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Tiffin, Ohio (Seneca County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 59
- TERRY RUSSELL MCCOMBSpecialist Four · June 5, 1967
- JAMES WAYNE RAMAGEPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- STEPHEN W SOKALSKY JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- THOMAS MURTEN WILLISAirman Second Class · June 5, 1967
From Tiffin
- HOWARD ALBERT STRAUSBAUGHLance Corporal · March 9, 1968
- LAWRENCE GILBERT BARGAHEISERGunnery Sergeant · August 6, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLE SIEBENALLERSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT LEE LUSTERStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1969
- RICHARD PAUL RITZLERCorporal · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE ASKAMPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- WILLIS EUGENE KERLIN JRSergeant · September 26, 1971
- DONALD CHARLES TALLMANPrivate First Class · October 30, 1971
- ROY DEWITT PRATERTechnical Sergeant · April 6, 1972
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.