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MARK ALLAN TAYLOR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 24, 1950 – January 22, 1969
Service recordMark Allan Taylor, of Allen Park, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 22, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 62
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Allen Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 62
- GILTON WALTER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 22, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE WARNERSergeant · January 22, 1969
- JOHN FORREST WEAVERCorporal · January 22, 1969
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS WEEKSPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
From Allen Park
- THOMAS RICHARD BRANDHospitalman Apprentice · August 18, 1965
- TOMMY LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- CLARENCE EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- DONALD FRED SCHAFERSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES VANCELance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- KEVIN EUGENE MOLINECorporal · October 30, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES DEVINSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN PENKELance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOSEPH GEORGE BOWMAN JRSergeant · March 21, 1969
- BRUCE STEWART GIBSONCaptain · September 11, 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.