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SELVWYN RISHER TAYLOR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 18, 1937 – March 16, 1969
Service recordSelvwyn Risher Taylor, of Midland, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 56
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 184 AVN CO 210 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 18, 1937
- Home of record
- Midland, Texas (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 56
- FRANCIS EUGENE SIEVERS JRFirst Lieutenant · March 16, 1969
- DAVID ROSCOE SMITHCaptain · March 16, 1969
- LARRY RAYMOND SWISHERSergeant · March 16, 1969
- TERRY LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
From Midland
- IRBY DYER IIISergeant · December 2, 1966
- KENDELL DWAYNE CUTBIRTHStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1967
- TRAVIS A SIMMONS JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 1967
- PAULINO GUTIERREZ LOPEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1967
- BRUCE HALLSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- RAYMOND ALVIS NIEDECKENPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBB STALLLance Corporal · January 18, 1968
- GARY EUGENE WATSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- CECIL CURTIS MCKINNEYSpecialist Five · October 5, 1968
- RUFUS WELDON HODGESSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
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.