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JOHN HENRY TAYLOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 5, 1948 – October 18, 1969
Service recordJohn Henry Taylor, of Jackson, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 89
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Jackson, Tennessee (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 89
- STEPHEN LAMONT SHARPCorporal · October 18, 1969
- VALENTINE BERRONES SUAREZGunnery Sergeant · October 18, 1969
- WAYNE LAWRENCE ADKINSPetty Officer First Class · October 19, 1969
- DAVID PAUL BABEYSpecialist Four · October 19, 1969
From Jackson
- CARL J SADLERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- BOBBY C VINSONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ISAAC E HUNT JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 19, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD MIDCALFPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- GEORGE P NICHOLSONStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- BENNIE RAY JONESPrivate · May 17, 1968
- WILLIE GENE COOPERPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- RONALD DAVID HUTCHERSONSergeant · September 6, 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.