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HENRY LUSCIOUS TAYLOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 16, 1949 – January 14, 1970
Service recordHenry Luscious Taylor, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 34
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 34
- GARY WILLIAM MORRISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1970
- ANDREW MARK PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- JOHN MICHAEL RIZZO JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 14, 1970
- MARTIN SULLY SCHILLER JRFirst Lieutenant · January 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH PAUL ANTONELLISpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 32
- ROBERT DALE FARNHAMSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 32
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.