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KEITH DEGERO TAYLOR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 6, 1949 – June 18, 1968
Service recordKeith Degero Taylor, of Carson City, Nevada, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 28
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Carson City, Nevada (Carson City (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 28
- JOHN RODNEY SCHURRERCorporal · June 18, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN SKAGGSCorporal · June 18, 1968
- ALBERT RUSSELL TAYLOR IIStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1968
- NATHANIEL WADESergeant · June 18, 1968
From Carson City
- MICHAEL ANTHONY BODAMERPetty Officer Third Class · May 19, 1967
- DAVID LEROY COLLINSCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANNY LEE SMOTHERSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- DANIEL LEVERNE ACKERMANSergeant · April 10, 1968
- FREDERICK HERB WHITTEMORECommander · April 11, 1968
- JAMES RONALD WILLISCorporal · August 1, 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.