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STANLEY WADE TAYLOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 9, 1951 – October 26, 1971
Service recordStanley Wade Taylor, of Mangham, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 52
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 9, 1951
- Home of record
- Mangham, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In October 1971, 132 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 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 52
- LEONARD GIDEON MAQUILINGChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 26, 1971
- ROBERT ALLEN NICKOLSpecialist Five · October 26, 1971
- JAMES CRAWFORD SKINNERFirst Sergeant · October 26, 1971
- ALBERT RAYMOND TRUDEAUWarrant Officer 1 · October 26, 1971
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.