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WILLIAM DOUGLAS TAYLOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1948 – September 1, 1968
Service recordWilliam Douglas Taylor, of Compton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 23
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 23
- EDDIE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- PAUL E YONKIETechnical Sergeant · September 1, 1968
- DENNIS CLAYTON BOONESpecialist Four · September 2, 1968
- RICHARD ALBERT BRUNNOWLance Corporal · September 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GWYN THAXTON HENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 19
- JAMES WALTER LAHTIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 20
- LONNIE CHARLES LAWSCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 20
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 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.