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WILLIAM HENRY TAYLOR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 1, 1939 – May 23, 1968
Service recordWilliam Henry Taylor, of Wilson, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 3
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- December 1, 1939
- Home of record
- Wilson, North Carolina (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 67E, Line 3
- CLIFTON THOMAS TAYLORCorporal · May 23, 1968
- DANIEL FRANCIS THOMPSONSergeant · May 23, 1968
- RUSSELL UDELL WESTLance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- JOE EBERT ALLENSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ERNEST ALBANESE JRSergeant · Panel 66E, Line 5
- JOHN LEMOINE COONStaff Sergeant · Panel 66E, Line 7
- ROBERT ALTON FINKSergeant · Panel 66E, Line 9
- JAMES PATRICK MCCOLLUMCaptain · Panel 66E, Line 12
From Wilson
- AMOS CARLTON WATSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- RUDOLPH WHITAKERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HORACE POPE ROGERS JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
- RONNIE LEE BRAYLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- JAMES JUNIUS RUFFINSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- ARCHIE LEE COOPERLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- WILBUR CORNELL GASKINSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · April 19, 1968
- EDMUND JOSEPH KELLYStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- HENRY EDWIN BENTON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 17, 1968
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.