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LANDUS S TAYLOR JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 26, 1947 – May 31, 1969
Service recordLandus S Taylor JR, of Madison, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 31
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Madison, Georgia (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 31
- SALVADORE INIGUEZ RUIZSergeant · May 31, 1969
- KENNETH WESLEY SCURRFirst Lieutenant · May 31, 1969
- WILLIAM JERRY SEWELLStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1969
- STEVEN KENNETH SPRINKLESpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL HOHMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 23W, Line 27
From Madison
- ROBERT WILTON GARTH JRCaptain · September 23, 1966
- SAMUEL YOUNG ADAIR JRMajor · May 12, 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.