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TAYLOR DOUGLAS JOHNSON
Major · U.S. Army
December 15, 1929 – January 28, 1966
Service recordTaylor Douglas Johnson, of Joaquin, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 15, 1929
- Home of record
- Joaquin, Texas (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 103
- CARLOS FIGUEREDOLance Corporal · January 28, 1966
- THOMAS RICHARD GRANTSecond Lieutenant · January 28, 1966
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
- JOHN EMERSON MILENDERSergeant First Class · January 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 102
- WILLIAM CHARLES GEISPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 102
- THOMAS RICHARD GRANTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 103
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 104
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 105
- CARLOS ZAMORA JRSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 105
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.