The Wall › Panel 22E › Washington › William A Taylor
WILLIAM A TAYLOR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 20, 1946 – June 29, 1967
Service recordWilliam A Taylor, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 86
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 86
- FRANCIS HENRY TOENYANCorporal · June 29, 1967
- MERLIN RAYE ALLENLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- RICHARD ALBERT CARTERCorporal · June 30, 1967
- LEGRANDE OGDEN COLE JRCommander · June 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE LEE ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 82
- CLINTON E CROFFORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 82
- ROBERT PENDARVISSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 84
- HERBERT SHERRILLSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 85
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
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.