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JAMES EDWARD TAYLOR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 6, 1942 – February 1, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Taylor, of Punta Gorda, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 35
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Punta Gorda, Florida (Charlotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 35
- HENRY GERARD SCHULTECorporal · February 1, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD WARDSpecialist Five · February 1, 1969
- JAMES LEROY WOODWORTHCorporal · February 1, 1969
- JIMMY EDD ABERNATHYSpecialist Five · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GENE CURTISSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 30
- STEPHEN RAY KUTSCHBACHSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 32
- TOM RICHARD MUELLERSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 33
- FREDERICK SCHMITTSergeant First Class · Panel 33W, Line 34
From Punta Gorda
- GEORGE R KIDDCaptain · April 25, 1969
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.