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WAYNE OLIVER TAYLOR
Private · U.S. Army
September 5, 1949 – May 1, 1969
Service recordWayne Oliver Taylor, of Anaheim, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 95
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 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 26W, Line 95
- LESLIE JAMES STEWARTPrivate · May 1, 1969
- JOHN RICHARD TINECaptain · May 1, 1969
- JOSE R TORRES-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- JAMES CHARLES VANDEVENTERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
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.