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ROBERT ELWOOD TAYLOR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 14, 1935 – February 2, 1971
Service recordRobert Elwood Taylor, of Kenova, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 2, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 73
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 14, 1935
- Home of record
- Kenova, West Virginia (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1971
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 73
- RICHARD DALE RANDOLPHSergeant · February 1, 1971
- KEITH ARTHUR STODDARDPrivate · February 1, 1971
- MICHAEL PAUL AUSTINFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1971
- DARRELL WAYNE COWANSpecialist Four · February 2, 1971
From Kenova
- GARY LEE WOOTONSergeant · February 20, 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.