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STANLEY EDWARD TAYLOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 2, 1950 – December 21, 1969
Service recordStanley Edward Taylor, of Lynchburg, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 80
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Lynchburg, Virginia (Lynchburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 80
- GARY MICHAEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1969
- THOMAS STEPHEN STAFFORDSeaman · December 21, 1969
- MELVIN SULLIVANSpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
- FRANCIS A TRINCHITELLASpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN SULLIVANSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 80
From Lynchburg
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS WIRTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1966
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1966
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RUSSELL KEITH BLATZSpecialist Four · January 8, 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.