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ROBERT DWIGHT TAYLOR
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 16, 1926 – November 26, 1967
Service recordRobert Dwight Taylor, of Santa Monica, California, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ew/Sigint Non-Morse Interceptor (05K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1926
- Home of record
- Santa Monica, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1967
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 95
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- OSCAR LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- JEFFREY DALE ANNABLECorporal · November 27, 1967
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL PAUL BROWNSpecialist Five · Panel 30E, Line 88
- JOHN A MERCURIOCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 93
- DIEGO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 93
- CHARLES BENNETT STIGALLPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 94
From Santa Monica
- ODIS DANIEL ARNOLDLieutenant Colonel · June 30, 1961
- MARK RICHARDSON CHASESpecialist Four · March 4, 1965
- DAVID MICHEL HANNPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- REO OWENSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- OSCAR ROLAND CARRIEREPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- BRUCE LEONARD KENNEDYLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- KENNY RYOSUKE SUZUKIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- ALLAN HARVEY KATZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- LAWSON DOUGLAS GERARDPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM F WARNERSecond Lieutenant · July 25, 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.