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THOMAS EUGENE TAYLOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 2, 1950 – June 11, 1970
Service recordThomas Eugene Taylor, of Richland, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 45
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Richland, Washington (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 45
- ERNEST LEROY RAMSEYSergeant First Class · June 11, 1970
- HARVEY TURNER ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1970
- DENNIS ARTHUR STEPHENSSpecialist Four · June 11, 1970
- ALONZO HUGHES TAYLORSergeant · June 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY ALBERT UTRIAINENSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 46
- JOHNNY LEE WEBBPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 46
From Richland
- DANNY A NETHSpecialist Five · March 5, 1966
- CLYDE EDWARD MURRPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- MARK STEPHEN BLACKPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOKPlatoon Sergeant · August 7, 1967
- WILLIAM DAVID DOWDSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM PICKMajor · August 27, 1968
- CHARLES DEE GREENPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- DANIEL LEONARD WAGENAARPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
- RICHARD DEAN NELSONCorporal · May 22, 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.