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JOHN LEWIS TAYLOR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 9, 1944 – February 7, 1970
Service recordJohn Lewis Taylor, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1944
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 113
- THOMAS WAYNE MUIRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1970
- JAMES ARNE NIEMIPetty Officer Third Class · February 7, 1970
- WILLIAM D SCHIERMEYER JRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1970
- ROBERT CARL SMITHSpecialist Four · February 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RAY LASSETERSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 112
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.