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JAMES EDWARD TAYLOR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 18, 1944 – March 28, 1966
Service recordJames Edward Taylor, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 58
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 58
- MAARTEN DEGROOTLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ALBERT CHARLES RISINGSpecialist Four · March 28, 1966
- ANTHONY SILBASpecialist Five · March 28, 1966
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.