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LARRY ROBERT TAYLOR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 18, 1937 – September 9, 1965
Service recordLarry Robert Taylor, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 9, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 80
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- August 18, 1937
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1965; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 80
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LEO ALLEN BAUERCaptain · September 10, 1965
- CHARLES MAHELONA IOPACorporal · September 10, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- HENRY JAMES ZEICHERTLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- MATTHEW JOHN KRISTPetty Officer Third Class · August 21, 1966
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.