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WALTER LEE TAYLOR JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 19, 1949 – April 14, 1970
Service recordWalter Lee Taylor JR, of El Dorado, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 4
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- September 19, 1949
- Home of record
- El Dorado, Kansas (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 4
- RONALD DOUGLAS SCHULZSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- JOHN LEE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- DONALD WARREN TINNEY JRSergeant · April 14, 1970
- WALTER CARL BARTLEY JRSergeant · April 15, 1970
From El Dorado
- CRAIG WESLEY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- JAMES EARL TURNERSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ALAN WHITEStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1969
- KENNETH DUANE JOHNSONCorporal · August 23, 1969
- STANLEY DEAN CALVINSpecialist Four · February 21, 1970
- LENTON EUGENE MIZERWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 1970
- GLEN JOHNSON TALIAFERROFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1971
- STEVEN DALE HOWARDCaptain · October 31, 1972
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.