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LOUIS ROBERT TAYLOR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 20, 1935 – December 6, 1972
Service recordLouis Robert Taylor, of Jonesboro, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 6, 1972, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 94
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 20, 1935
- Home of record
- Jonesboro, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1972
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1972; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 94
- BILLIE JOE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BILLIE JOE WILLIAMSLieutenant Colonel · December 9, 1972
- WALTER LEE FERGUSONSenior Master Sergeant · December 18, 1972
- JAMES RICHARD MCELVAINLieutenant Colonel · December 18, 1972
From Jonesboro
- CHARLES JESSE FORDSergeant · March 10, 1966
- HAROLD GENE AYERSPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- HAROLD B KINGSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- RAY MORGAN KEITH JONESSpecialist Four · November 13, 1967
- JAMES EDGAR BOWMANStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT GENTRY HODGESPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- EDDIE B STORYMajor · October 25, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD HYLMONCorporal · March 8, 1970
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.