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KENT CHILDS TAYLOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 18, 1949 – May 14, 1970
Service recordKent Childs Taylor, of Orem, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 44
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Orem, Utah (Utah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1970; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 44
- LEROY WALLACESergeant · May 14, 1970
- KENNETH MARION WALLS JRSpecialist Four · May 14, 1970
- DOYLE WAYNE WEAVERLance Corporal · May 14, 1970
- CLEVELAND GYE WYNDERStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DOUGLAS BLAIRPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 38
- STEPHEN C CHASINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 39
- RAYMOND HENRY KRUG JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 41
- THOMAS JOHN LARKIN IICaptain · Panel 10W, Line 41
- JAMES PORTWOOD JRCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 43
- HERMAN SERNASpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 43
- JACK RUSSELL SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 43
From Orem
- RAYMOND ALEXANDER DAVISPrivate First Class · February 11, 1966
- ROBERT MITCHELL SAWAYACorporal · December 15, 1967
- GARY NEIL FOSTERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- JEFFERY ALAN GOSSLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- RALPH JIM CHIPMANCaptain · December 27, 1972
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.