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NORMAN ALFRED TAYLOR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 2, 1946 – February 15, 1970
Service recordNorman Alfred Taylor, of Alma, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Alma, Georgia (Bacon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 17
- ROBERT GENE OCONNELLCorporal · February 15, 1970
- WINSTON JOHN SMITHCorporal · February 15, 1970
- JOSE EDWARDO VILLANUEVALance Corporal · February 15, 1970
- FRED CHARLES ZIMPFERPrivate First Class · February 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK ROLAND HORNERSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 14
- CHARLES EARL MELTONPrivate · Panel 13W, Line 15
- CONNIE WAYNE PARRISHSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 16
From Alma
- CURTIS MARIONPrivate First Class · July 29, 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.