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RODNEY EUGENE TAYLOR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 23, 1948 – September 4, 1970
Service recordRodney Eugene Taylor, of Mcgrady, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 38
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Mcgrady, North Carolina (Wilkes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 38
- OTIS EUGENE PLANTSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1970
- MICHAEL EDWARD QUICKStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1970
- RONALD DEAN SWINFORDLance Corporal · September 4, 1970
- KENNETH STANLEY GNIEWEKCorporal · September 5, 1970
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.