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JIMMIE ELLIS TAYLOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 14, 1946 – October 25, 1966
Service recordJimmie Ellis Taylor, of Carrollton, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 106
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Carrollton, Georgia (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 106
- ALVIN LEE LEVANSeaman · October 25, 1966
- JIMMIE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- DEWEY LEE ALEXANDERLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 104
- COLEMAN LITCHFIELD WARRENPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 104
- JAKE A SIMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 105
- LARRY F SMITHSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 105
From Carrollton
- SAMUEL REESE JAMES IICorporal · August 10, 1968
- LARRY LESTER WOODSpecialist Four · December 20, 1969
- LARRY GRAVESCorporal · April 2, 1970
- JOHN SPURGEON SPREWELLCaptain · May 19, 1970
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.