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RONALD BURTON TAYLOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 14, 1949 – August 4, 1968
Service recordRonald Burton Taylor, of Addison, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 10
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- March 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Addison, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 10
- JAMES A HUFFPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- MIGUEL A NEGRON-RODRIGUEZSergeant · August 4, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT SCHMUDECorporal · August 4, 1968
- GEORGE CREIGHTON VASSEYSergeant First Class · August 4, 1968
From Addison
- JOSEPH PAUL MACHALICAPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- HOWARD W ERICKSON JRCorporal · April 30, 1969
- MARTIN REINHOLD HUART JRSergeant · March 26, 1971
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.