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NEIL BROOKS TAYLOR
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
July 18, 1940 – September 14, 1965
Service recordNeil Brooks Taylor, of Rangeley, Maine, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 14, 1965, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 83
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ATKRON 192 USS BON HOMME RICHARD CVA 31
- Born
- July 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Rangeley, Maine (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1965; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2E, Line 83
- ROBERT ORME FRANKLINSpecialist Five · September 14, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS KEARNSLieutenant Commander · September 14, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- BERNARD JAFFESergeant First Class · September 15, 1965
- JAMES IRVIN BOYERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
From Rangeley
- DALE RYAN BUXTONPrivate First Class · August 1, 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.