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PHILLIP EARL TAYLOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 25, 1947 – September 18, 1966
Service recordPhillip Earl Taylor, of Henderson, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Henderson, North Carolina (Vance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 115
- JIMMIE HENRY ROWLETTLance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- FLORENTINO JOHN SANTANAPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- LARRY EDWARD WASHINGTONCorporal · September 18, 1966
From Henderson
- CLARENCE RAY BRAMEPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- ROBERT LEE PERRYPrivate First Class · August 24, 1966
- HENRY THOMAS LEONARDSergeant · November 11, 1966
- RONNIE DARNELL ADCOXLance Corporal · March 3, 1967
- WILLIAM CLIFTON CLAY IIICaptain · April 12, 1967
- DONALD ARRINGTON JOYNERLieutenant Colonel · December 27, 1972
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.