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JAMES ALTON TAYLOR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 17, 1940 – August 26, 1968
Service recordJames Alton Taylor, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · 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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1940
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 34
- DAVID FREDERICK SLEEPERSergeant · August 26, 1968
- CHARLES FRANK SMITHSergeant First Class · August 26, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH SMITHPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL SPROUTPetty Officer Third Class · August 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL BERNARD SHUMANSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 36
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.