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RONALD JAMES TAYLOR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 19, 1949 – December 10, 1969
Service recordRonald James Taylor, of Mitchell, South Dakota, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 10, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 46
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electronics Technician (Submarine) (ET)
- Born
- August 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Mitchell, South Dakota (Davison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 46
- REGINALD J SUTHERLANDCorporal · December 10, 1969
- DAVID ANTHONY WEIRCorporal · December 10, 1969
- CHARLES PAUL AUVESecond Lieutenant · December 11, 1969
- HERMAN DALE BUCHANANCorporal · December 11, 1969
From Mitchell
- ROBERT JAN BRIDGES JRPetty Officer Second Class · February 19, 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.