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SHERMAN RAY TAYLOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 9, 1952 – February 26, 1971
Service recordSherman Ray Taylor, of Santa Cruz, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 8
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 9, 1952
- Home of record
- Santa Cruz, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 8
- DALE ALLEN WALKERPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1971
- RONALD LESTER BABCOCKFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1971
- LARRY GENE LEWISLieutenant · February 27, 1971
- FRANCISCO QUINTANILLA JRCorporal · February 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL WILLIAM LANGNEHSSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 7
- JOHN MARTIN SOUTHERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 7
From Santa Cruz
- DARYL LAVERNE KEENPetty Officer Third Class · July 16, 1965
- VINCENT LOCATELLIPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- STEPHEN MARK PASHMANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEO BUDDY BUCKHOLDTPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- RAINFORD TIFFINMajor · July 21, 1966
- RONALD JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- RONALD RUNYAN KINGLieutenant Colonel · October 3, 1967
- JACK WILEY MCKINNON JRSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- WILTON RAY PICKETTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- GEORGE WALTER SKAKELSergeant · March 6, 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.