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THOMAS MARCELLUS TAYLOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 17, 1946 – November 24, 1969
Service recordThomas Marcellus Taylor, of Cayce, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 119
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Electronics Materiel Supply Specialist (76U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Cayce, South Carolina (Lexington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 119
- CHARLES M RUSSELL IIIStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1969
- JOHN JUNIOR SEXTONSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- JAMES BLAIR WHITEMajor · November 24, 1969
- JOHN HEZEKIAH WHITTINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · November 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ELBERT COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 115
From Cayce
- BENJAMIN EDWARD KELLY JRCaptain · August 30, 1967
- BRUCE WESLEY DUDLEY JRPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
- CLIFTON OLIVERSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- FAY CLYDE SIMMONS IIILance Corporal · July 3, 1968
- JOHNNIE LEE BRIGMANPrivate · May 29, 1969
- THOMAS ALAN MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · April 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.