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RICHARD ALLEN TAYLOR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 3, 1951 – September 26, 1970
Service recordRichard Allen Taylor, of Clarkston, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 94
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1951
- Home of record
- Clarkston, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 94
- JOHN ANTHONY OGRIZEKCorporal · September 26, 1970
- ROBERT ALBERT PAINTER JRSpecialist Four · September 26, 1970
- JOSEPH ANTHONY SILVAFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1970
- FRANCIS JORDAN SULLIVANCaptain · September 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FRANCIS BUESCHERSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 92
- JOHN ANTHONY OGRIZEKCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 94
- JOSEPH ANTHONY SILVAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 94
From Clarkston
- BURTON CHARLES MONTROSSStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- JAMES DEVRIN CARTERWarrant Officer 1 · June 13, 1968
- DAVID FREEMAN HEADPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS ATKINSON JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- HAROLD LEE MACDONALDSpecialist Four · September 15, 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.