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LARRY GENE TAYLOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 13, 1949 – August 31, 1970
Service recordLarry Gene Taylor, of El Cajon, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 29
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 13, 1949
- Home of record
- El Cajon, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 29
- LORENZO FOXSpecialist Four · August 31, 1970
- HENRY BENNY THOMASSpecialist Four · August 31, 1970
- DOUGLAS PAUL ZERBAPrivate First Class · August 31, 1970
- RANDY CARROLL BRACKINCorporal · September 1, 1970
From El Cajon
- WILLIAM EDWARD NEVILLETechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- DAVID LEON BAUMGARDNERSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MICHAEL RAYMOND KIEHLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- JACK M HARRISSergeant First Class · April 14, 1967
- DAVID ALAN HICKMANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- GLENN EUGENE LUHNOWPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- AQUILLA FRIEND BRITTMajor · October 25, 1967
- WILLIAM TAYLOR HARTMANSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- WALTER KIRT CLARKEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD AUGUSTINE DELEIDICaptain · February 7, 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.