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PHILLIP EDWARD TAYLOR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 12, 1946 – March 5, 1969
Service recordPhillip Edward Taylor, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 50
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 50
- CHARLES WAYNE THOMASCorporal · March 5, 1969
- LESLIE DALE THOMPSONSergeant · March 5, 1969
- RONALD LEONARD WARNETTFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- STANLEY BRUCE ZIEGLERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD ROBERT HICKEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 45
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.