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JAMES GLENN TAYLOR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 18, 1935 – March 21, 1972
Service recordJames Glenn Taylor, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 21, 1972, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 118
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 18, 1935
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1972
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1972; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 118
- LARRY WAYNE HARVEYStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1972
- MIGUEL ANGEL CRUZ ALICEASergeant First Class · March 22, 1972
- RONALD STANLEY ANDERSONAirman First Class · March 23, 1972
- JAMES TERRY JACKSONMajor · March 23, 1972
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 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.