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STEVEN EARL TAYLOR
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
November 29, 1949 – April 14, 1968
Service recordSteven Earl Taylor, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 2
- GEORGE DAVIDSON STONEPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- MARVIN LYNN VOTAWLance Corporal · April 14, 1968
- EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- ROBERT FLOYD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.