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TAYLOR W FOREMAN JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 17, 1918 – February 16, 1968
Service recordTaylor W Foreman JR, of Gulfport, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 49. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 59
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- July 17, 1918
- Home of record
- Gulfport, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1968
- Age
- 49
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 59
- ARTHUR TIMOTHY FRILEYCorporal · February 16, 1968
- BOBBY FRANK GALBREATHCaptain · February 16, 1968
- DERYL RAY GARVICKSpecialist Four · February 16, 1968
- ALEXANDER GIEJCHospitalman · February 16, 1968
From Gulfport
- HOWARD RUDOLPH CODYCaptain · November 24, 1963
- MELVIN TYRONE HUNTERSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- RICHARD TERRY SMITHSeaman · July 29, 1967
- CLARENCE EARL DRAKESCorporal · September 4, 1967
- SAMUEL M DAVISSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 15, 1967
- WILLIAM GILBERT WILKINSONChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 16, 1967
- JOE LOUIS JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- TERRY NEIL THOMPSONFireman · April 29, 1969
- LEO CARL CASEY JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
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.