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JAMES R TAYLOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 18, 1941 – April 13, 1966
Service recordJames R Taylor, of Teaneck, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 111
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Teaneck, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 111
- JOSE ANTHONY PACHECOLance Corporal · April 13, 1966
- RONALD GLEN SOULESergeant · April 13, 1966
- MOLIMAU ASOMALIU TELASergeant · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH TIMPA JRPrivate First Class · April 13, 1966
- HANS JORG RUDOLPH LORENZPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JESSE LEWIS CLARK IISecond Lieutenant · Panel 6E, Line 109
- GREEN CONLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 109
- FRANK ANTHONY DAMICOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6E, Line 109
- CLINTON BLAIR FACKRELLSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 109
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 110
From Teaneck
- GREGORY ALTON WATSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 3, 1967
- DENNIS STEPHEN GLEASONPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- SIGARD RICHARD GRIMSTADPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- STEVEN GEORGE RAMSEYFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1968
- STANLEY MAJURE REEDSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- RICHARD IRVING BRENNERCorporal · April 13, 1969
- ALAN ATTARIANCorporal · September 16, 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.