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ROBERT EMERSON TAYLOR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 22, 1942 – March 14, 1966
Service recordRobert Emerson Taylor, of Takoma Park, Maryland, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Takoma Park, Maryland (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 8
- RANDALL SHERWOOD HICKMANSergeant First Class · March 14, 1966
- LIONEL RANDOLPHSergeant · March 14, 1966
- DANIEL FRANKLIN SHARPCorporal · March 14, 1966
- BILLY RAY SLADESergeant · March 14, 1966
From Takoma Park
- NEIL KIRK MACIVERPrivate First Class · May 29, 1963
- JOHN LEIF NIELSONPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE SWABCorporal · June 29, 1968
- LESLIE MILTON DYSON JRPrivate · August 27, 1968
- ALBERT OTTO KRAUSSERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
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.