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RONALD LEE TAYLOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 30, 1945 – September 19, 1966
Service recordRonald Lee Taylor, of Mt Gilead, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Mt Gilead, Ohio (Morrow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 122
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- MATIAS T RODRIGUEZ JRPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- JIMMY RAY WALDREPPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- JOHNNY EDWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WAYNE DOWNSSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 117
- MANZIE GLOVER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 118
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · Panel 10E, Line 118
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.