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HERBERT GORDAN TAYLOR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 1, 1947 – September 27, 1968
Service recordHerbert Gordan Taylor, of Ahoskie, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 33
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
- July 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Ahoskie, North Carolina (Hertford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 42W, Line 33
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1968
- EFRAIN SOTO SRPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE VAUGHNCorporal · September 27, 1968
- VIRGIL JUNIOR WEBBCorporal · September 27, 1968
From Ahoskie
- HEROLIN THADUS SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1966
- HARVEY LEDREW LEWISStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- BOBBY RAY GARDNERSergeant · August 8, 1967
- ROY ROGERS WESTSpecialist Four · August 29, 1968
- STEVEN DALE PERRYSergeant · October 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.