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RUDY RONNIE TAYLOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 1, 1948 – January 10, 1969
Service recordRudy Ronnie Taylor, of Hacienda Heights, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Hacienda Heights, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1969; nine of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 67
- DOUGLAS LE ROY RANSHAWSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- ARTHUR ROY SPROTT JRMajor · January 10, 1969
- CURTIS ROBERT STOCKLINSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY SWISHERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MELFORD KEITH BLAKELYPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 63
- TERRANCE DEAN J FRANCISSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 64
- MARTIN RAYMOND JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 66
- STEPHEN RALPH MULLINSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 66
From Hacienda Heights
- RONALD EDWARD PENELance Corporal · September 20, 1967
- ROBERT S HUTCHINSON IIFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1968
- CLIFFORD JOSEPH ROBERTSCorporal · November 5, 1968
- MONICO FLORES JRLance Corporal · November 26, 1968
- ROBERT RAY HIGHFILLPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- GLENN RODNEY MEARNSCorporal · May 2, 1969
- ADRON LEE LEWISPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- DOUGLAS WAYNE DAYCorporal · May 6, 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.