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JAMES ERWIN TAYLOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 11, 1947 – July 26, 1970
Service recordJames Erwin Taylor, of Laurinburg, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 57
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Laurinburg, North Carolina (Scotland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1970; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 57
- ALTON LESKER STEGALLCorporal · July 26, 1970
- GREGORY CARL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · July 26, 1970
- CLEMENT JOSEPH TROIANELLOSergeant First Class · July 26, 1970
- SAMUEL WILLIE WILLIAMSCorporal · July 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WALTER WADE HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 54
- JIMMY HENRY MERCERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 55
- DENNIS RAY NOBLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 55
- CLEMENT JOSEPH TROIANELLOSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 57
From Laurinburg
- LESTER WAYNE ROBBINSSpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- WASH JUNIOR LINDSAYPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- DONALD RAY YARBOROCorporal · January 24, 1970
- WILSON CAMPBELLCorporal · September 10, 1970
- JAMES MCDUFFIE JRCorporal · October 1, 1970
- HAROLD CLIFTON MARSHStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1970
- HARVEY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 6, 1971
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.