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JOHN FRANCIS TAYLOR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 22, 1950 – April 1, 1969
Service recordJohn Francis Taylor, of Windsor, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 1, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 105
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Windsor, North Carolina (Bertie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 105
- REX EARL RADERSpecialist Five · April 1, 1969
- RICHARD CHARLES SIMMONSSergeant · April 1, 1969
- PHILIP CLARK STAFFORDSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
- MICHAEL GEORGE TAYLORChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 1, 1969
From Windsor
- JAMES RONALD SPELLERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ELWOOD OWENSLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- RICHARD CARLTON DANIELSSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- WILLIE ROBERT RASCOE JRSergeant First Class · April 9, 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.