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JOHN PHILLIPS TAILLON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1948 – March 3, 1967
Service recordJohn Phillips Taillon, of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 14
- ROBERT BARRY SMITHPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- JOHN RAYMOND STALTERSergeant · March 3, 1967
- LAWRENCE STRACKPrivate · March 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 7
- JESSE JAMES DIXONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 7
- WILLIAM LADD CAMPBELLCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 8
- MARTIN LEE FREEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 10
- ROBERT BARRY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 14
From Jamaica Plain
- GEORGE JOSEPH SKAPINSKYPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS CONCANNONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
- RICHARD D ABOLTINSpecialist Four · July 1, 1966
- DANIEL MACARTHUR KELLETTFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1966
- DAVID CHARLES HOLDENPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- CALVIN RONALD MACKAYSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MAGEESpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- DANIEL J CONTESTABILESergeant · May 5, 1968
- MICHAEL PATRICK VAUGHANFirst Lieutenant · June 24, 1968
- DENNIS LEROY MORRILLPrivate First Class · March 20, 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.