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ROBERT LYMAN TAYLOR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 10, 1937 – February 1, 1964
Service recordRobert Lyman Taylor, of Hialeah, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 1, 1964, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 42
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
- September 10, 1937
- Home of record
- Hialeah, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1964
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1964; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1964, 11 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 42
- BRYFORD GLENN METOYERFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1964
- JOHN LEROY STRALEYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1964
- DAVID THOMPSONSergeant First Class · January 27, 1964
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
From Hialeah
- TED PETER NEURA JRCaptain · December 12, 1963
- BILLY HOWARDGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1966
- ADELBERT F MIHALEK IVSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY HAROLD ARTMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL MISIUTAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURCH JRAirman · March 17, 1968
- CHARLES ANTHONY GERONIMOStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
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.