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ROBERT WAYNE TAYLOR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1949 – July 28, 1970
Service recordRobert Wayne Taylor, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 63
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Klamath Falls, Oregon (Klamath County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 63
- ALAN KEITH BARTONPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
- DICKIE CARSON CURRYPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
- OTIS CLEVELAND MORGANMajor · July 28, 1970
- JOSE MANUEL PEREZSpecialist Four · July 28, 1970
- BOYD LEROY SHOOKCorporal · July 28, 1970
From Klamath Falls
- FRANCIS LEO COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- JIMMY ERIK FLORENCorporal · November 6, 1967
- JERRY OSCAR STENBERGLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- JOHN RENFIELD TWOREKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS COATSLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY WILLIAMSCorporal · August 24, 1968
- DAVID LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- JIMMIE MALCOLM THOMPSONPetty Officer Third Class · December 8, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKIBBANStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1969
- CHARLES THOMAS DEATONPrivate First Class · September 28, 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.