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LARRY DEAN TAYLOR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 2, 1946 – August 30, 1966
Service recordLarry Dean Taylor, of Monmouth, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 30, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 58
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- March 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Monmouth, Illinois (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 58
- ARTHUR EDWIN COMSTOCK JRPrivate First Class · August 31, 1966
- JAMES BROOKS HEFFRONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY LERNERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD METOYERLance Corporal · August 31, 1966
From Monmouth
- WILLIAM JOHN MOOREStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- BENJAMIN FRANCIS ALMAGUERPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- ALBERT ELMORE COOKStaff Sergeant · June 2, 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.