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TERRY LEE TAYLOR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 4, 1950 – March 16, 1969
Service recordTerry Lee Taylor, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 56
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 4, 1950
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 56
- FRANCIS EUGENE SIEVERS JRFirst Lieutenant · March 16, 1969
- DAVID ROSCOE SMITHCaptain · March 16, 1969
- LARRY RAYMOND SWISHERSergeant · March 16, 1969
- SELVWYN RISHER TAYLORWarrant Officer 1 · March 16, 1969
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1968
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.