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RICHARD BERRY TAYLOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 8, 1949 – July 14, 1968
Service recordRichard Berry Taylor, of Midway Park, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Midway Park, North Carolina (Onslow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 52W, Line 32
- STEVEN JOSEPH SCOTTLance Corporal · July 14, 1968
- SAMUEL THOMAS SMITH JRLance Corporal · July 14, 1968
- WAYNE JACKSON VESSELLPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- CLAYTON DAVIS WRIGHTSpecialist Four · July 14, 1968
From Midway Park
- JERRY LEE MILLERStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1967
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.