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RAYMOND RALPH TAYLOR JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
June 1, 1939 – February 21, 1970
Service recordRaymond Ralph Taylor JR, of Lancaster, New York, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 42
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 1, 1939
- Home of record
- Lancaster, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương 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 42
- FREDDIE LEE EDWARDS JRPetty Officer First Class · February 21, 1970
- ROBERT LEWIS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · February 21, 1970
- ROBERT LEE SCHRANDPrivate First Class · February 21, 1970
- JOHN GRADY WILKESStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1970
From Lancaster
- ALAN JOHN ROESESergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES SCHULTZSergeant · February 12, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCIS CHUBBUCKCorporal · June 3, 1968
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.