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ROBERT ALLEN TAYLOR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 8, 1946 – April 13, 1967
Service recordRobert Allen Taylor, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 13, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- August 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1967; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 24
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- MICHAEL LYNN SCISNEYPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
- ROY EARL SHULTS JRSenior Master Sergeant · April 13, 1967
- THOMAS RAY WALKERSpecialist Four · April 13, 1967
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.