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LARRY TAYLOR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 8, 1948 – July 27, 1968
Service recordLarry Taylor, of Broken Bow, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 21
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- March 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Broken Bow, Oklahoma (Mccurtain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 21
- JAMES HOWARD YOUNGPrivate First Class · July 27, 1968
- ROSCOE DAVID ADAMSPrivate · July 28, 1968
- DAVID LEROY BROOKSStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1968
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER GIBSONPetty Officer Second Class · July 28, 1968
From Broken Bow
- MARVIN TIDWELL NOAHLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- LARRY GLEN WILLIAMSLance Corporal · December 2, 1967
- JOHN MACK RAYSergeant · December 8, 1967
- ROY LEE WINERPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- DEXTER NUNTON GAMBLE JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- LEONARD DANIEL WARDSpecialist Four · July 6, 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.