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TED JAMES TAYLOR
Captain · U.S. Army
November 9, 1945 – July 15, 1971
Service recordTed James Taylor, of Lancaster, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Lancaster, South Carolina (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 108
- CHRISTOPHER CORWIN COOKPrivate · July 15, 1971
- JAMES MARCELL DICKEYSpecialist Five · July 15, 1971
- ALEXANDER WILLIAM DUPLESSIEPrivate First Class · July 15, 1971
- ROBERT MERCHANT LARSONFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD JOHN BECKER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 107
- STEPHEN ANDREW BEDNARSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 107
From Lancaster
- DEWEY WILLIAM KELLEYStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1966
- PATRICK DONOVAN LUCASSpecialist Four · July 15, 1967
- ERNEST ELIJAH POLSTONPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- JOHN PAUL CULPSecond Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- MICHAEL S LANEFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1968
- RICHARD EDWIN WALTERSSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1969
- CLARENCE EUGENE BAKERSergeant · November 30, 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.