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JOHN RAYMOND TAYLOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – June 3, 1969
Service recordJohn Raymond Taylor, of Taft, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 59
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Taft, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 59
- WALTER S SEDDIGWarrant Officer 1 · June 3, 1969
- JACK LLOYD SILLIMANLance Corporal · June 3, 1969
- JAMES HOWELL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- HARRY NATHANIEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY DEAN CUMBEESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 51
- LAWRENCE ANDREW FANELLASergeant · Panel 23W, Line 52
- SAMMY LOUIS MEAD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 54
- LONNIE DEAN MOORECorporal · Panel 23W, Line 55
- LARRY DEAN MCKENZIESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 56
- RODDIE LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 56
- BILLIE WAYNE REEDPrivate · Panel 23W, Line 57
- RANDALL RAY WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 60
From Taft
- HARRY EUGENE THOMASCommander · August 13, 1965
- LARRY STANLEY PIERCEStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1965
- CHESTER LAVERN OBRIEN JRLance Corporal · March 5, 1966
- RALPH LEROY KEELERPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- DENNIS PAUL WRIGHTAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- FRANK ALLEN OSTERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- DENNIS EARL DYERSergeant · May 17, 1968
- DONALD WARREN MORRISCorporal · July 6, 1968
- DONALD LEE PERRYSergeant · October 26, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE RASEYSpecialist Four · July 26, 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.