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JACK EDWIN TAYLOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1947 – July 25, 1970
Service recordJack Edwin Taylor, of Schuyler Lake, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 52
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Petroleum Supply Specialist (76W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Schuyler Lake, New York (Otsego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 52
- SALVADOR LEAL JRSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
- DONALD ROBERT SIMONSergeant · July 25, 1970
- PETER MICHAEL VANDERWEGSergeant · July 25, 1970
- RICHARD HENRY VOKESSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD HENRY VOKESSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 52
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.