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JAMES ROBERT TAYLOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 30, 1945 – January 28, 1966
Service recordJames Robert Taylor, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 105
- JONATHAN P WORKSFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1966
- CARLOS ZAMORA JRSpecialist Five · January 28, 1966
- RICHARD EARL ARNOLDSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- FRANK NEIL BADOLATIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 102
- WILLIAM CHARLES GEISPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 102
- THOMAS RICHARD GRANTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 103
- TAYLOR DOUGLAS JOHNSONMajor · Panel 4E, Line 103
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 104
- CARLOS ZAMORA JRSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 105
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 1967
- ALLEN DE-NICOLAStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1967
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.