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MARK RANDALL TAYLOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 28, 1950 – June 2, 1971
Service recordMark Randall Taylor, of Chesterton, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Redstone Electronic Mechanic (21B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Chesterton, Indiana (Porter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 62
- ROBERT DALE MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · June 1, 1971
- DON MICHAEL RAMSEYCorporal · June 1, 1971
- JAMES RUSSELL SAXONFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1971
- ANDREW CARNEGI STRONG IIIPrivate First Class · June 1, 1971
From Chesterton
- FREDDY RAY GOREPrivate First Class · July 13, 1967
- WILLIAM LEEAirman · July 29, 1967
- LOREN ELWOOD LONGSpecialist Five · August 23, 1968
- WILSON FITZGERALD HALLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- TERRANCE DEAN J FRANCISSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- DONALD JOSEPH TRAMPSKIStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1969
- LARRY ALLAN RIPPESpecialist Four · May 27, 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.