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PHILIP JOSEPH TAYLOR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 14, 1950 – March 3, 1969
Service recordPhilip Joseph Taylor, of Holden, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 3, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 33
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Holden, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 30W, Line 33
- RAY THOMAS SHAUM JRPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- LESTER RAY STONE JRSergeant · March 3, 1969
- WAYNE WINSTON TEEPLESpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- RONALD CHARLES THIEXSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
From Holden
- CARL E HOSNANDERCorporal · April 5, 1968
- STEPHEN WILLIAM CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- DALE ADAMS BLAKEPrivate First Class · March 20, 1970
- ROBERT PHILIP NOWICKICorporal · December 21, 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.