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WALTER JOSEPH TAYLOR JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1947 – December 6, 1970
Service recordWalter Joseph Taylor JR, of Moss Point, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 111
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Moss Point, Mississippi (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 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
Also on Panel 6W, Line 111
- ROY ANDERSON JRPrivate · December 7, 1970
- CLIFFORD KEITH BAADECaptain · December 7, 1970
- NICHOLAS ALLEN BERGERStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1970
- WILLIAM ERNEST BERRYMANCorporal · December 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE EDWARD BAILEYSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 109
- ALVIN LEE EVANOFFSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 110
From Moss Point
- BENNIE LEE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- HENRY LANGHAM JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- EDDIE LEE MCMILLAN JRPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- CHARLES ALLEN WALTERSCorporal · March 17, 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.