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LEE ROY TAYLOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 19, 1943 – July 7, 1967
Service recordLee Roy Taylor, of Sanford, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 32
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Sanford, North Carolina (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 32
- DONALD JEAN SOBYPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- WLADYSLAW STANISZEWSKICorporal · July 7, 1967
- IVRA ALLEN TATUMCorporal · July 7, 1967
- HAROLD TAYLORPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 24
- DAVID WAYNE QUALLSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 27
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 28
- ROBERT JOSEPH KUBINCIAKPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 29
- STANLEY F PATTERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 30
- HAROLD TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 32
- LAWRENCE W WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 34
From Sanford
- BRYAN EUGENE GROGANSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1965
- SAMUEL BESSStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- LARRY GENE SHEFFIELDSpecialist Four · September 24, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT WILSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CURRINLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- JAMES R SIMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1967
- ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- DONALD RAY PYRANTCorporal · August 24, 1968
- CARL SCOTT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.