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LEE ROY TAYLOR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 29, 1946 – July 29, 1967
Service recordLee Roy Taylor, of Coalgood, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 45
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Coalgood, Kentucky (Harlan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 45
- ROBERT ALLEN STICKLERAirman Apprentice · July 29, 1967
- KENNETH DALE STRAINAirman · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT HATCHER SWAINPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- BOBBY RAY TABRONPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
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.