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JOE KENNETH TAYLOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 16, 1942 – February 22, 1966
Service recordJoe Kenneth Taylor, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 62
- ADAN MONSIVAIS OLVERAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- WILLIAM BRICE PARNELLStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1966
- RICARDO JAMES PEREZSergeant · February 22, 1966
- CHARLES A SOUTHARD IIISergeant · February 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CLINTON RUSSELL ANDERSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 59
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 59
- WILLIAM THOMAS CALLERYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 59
- RICHARD HUGH CASSUBESergeant · Panel 5E, Line 59
- JAMES LEONARD FAINSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 60
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 60
- LEO FREDERICK KRUMBINEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 60
- RALPH ARDEN MAXHAM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 61
- RICARDO JAMES PEREZSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 62
- CLARENCE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 63
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK ODONNELLSergeant · January 25, 1966
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.