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STEVEN LESTER TAYLOR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 5, 1949 – November 5, 1972
Service recordSteven Lester Taylor, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1972; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1972, 21 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 89
- CLARENCE ORFIELD TOLBERTCommander · June 11, 1972
- DELBERT ROY WOODSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- WILLIAM LOUIS MILLER IIIChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 5, 1972
- JOSEPH FREDERICK DENARDOWarrant Officer 1 · November 6, 1972
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LOUIS MILLER IIIChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 1W, Line 89
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.