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JAMES RANDEL TAYLOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 7, 1950 – March 2, 1969
Service recordJames Randel Taylor, of Suitland, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Suitland, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 16
- FRANK MESZAR IIICaptain · March 2, 1969
- GORDON LEROY SARGENT JRPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- HAROLD JOHN SMITHSergeant · March 2, 1969
- KENNETH LEROY STRITTMATERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ERNEST DIEHLPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 12
From Suitland
- CHARLES HERMAN BLANKENSHIPCaptain · July 7, 1967
- WOODROW CHARLES CRONKRITEPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- CHARLES DANIEL SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1968
- DAVID LEO WRIGHTLance Corporal · August 22, 1968
- HARRY RICHARD ITALIANOSpecialist Four · June 3, 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.