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JOHN STEWART TAYLOR
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1948 – May 20, 1969
Service recordJohn Stewart Taylor, of Granby, Connecticut, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 62
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Granby, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 62
- JOSEPH CHARLES STONEFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1969
- JON RAY SUMMERSGunnery Sergeant · May 20, 1969
- PASQUALE TORRECorporal · May 20, 1969
- DOUGLAS DEAN VAUGHANLieutenant (junior grade) · May 20, 1969
From Granby
- ROBERT EARL BRIDGESAirman Second Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL GIDVILASSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MICHAEL STUART NYMANStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- JOHN WARREN MANNINGSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR BURNSFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1969
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.