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JEROME MILTON TAYLOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 14, 1947 – October 8, 1969
Service recordJerome Milton Taylor, of Battle Creek, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 53
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Battle Creek, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 53
- MICHAEL LEON STIGLICHSergeant · October 8, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES WATKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 8, 1969
- LAWRENCE DALE ACREMajor · October 9, 1969
- GEORGE LEE AIKINCaptain · October 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT HAROLD ALTIZERCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 49
- JOSEPH HENNING BENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 49
From Battle Creek
- DANNY TRENT HIGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROGER DUWAINE WHITEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- MARK ROBERT LANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- KENNETH BERNARD DEANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY ROGERSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- PAUL LOWELL FREDERICKSONCorporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · September 11, 1968
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.