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ROBERT THOMAS TAYLOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 5, 1949 – February 27, 1970
Service recordRobert Thomas Taylor, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 65
- FRANCIS JOHN J PRUITTCorporal · February 27, 1970
- RONALD WADE STAFFORDSpecialist Five · February 27, 1970
- FRANK LYNN STATONCorporal · February 27, 1970
- GARY LEE SWARTZSpecialist Four · February 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS JOHN J PRUITTCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 65
From Pawtucket
- ANTONIO PAUL MACIMINIOLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- RONALD GERARD PIERCEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- NORMAND AURELE PLANTESpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- CHARLES YAGHOOBIAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- RAYMOND WIL MICHALOPOULOSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT WILFRED RENAUDPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD MOORE IIISpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · March 21, 1969
- WALTER LEO PRITCHARD JRLieutenant Colonel · April 12, 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.