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WILLIAM KERRY TAYLOR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 18, 1946 – June 5, 1971
Service recordWilliam Kerry Taylor, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Officer (0600)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 67
- LARRY LEE MILLERSergeant · June 5, 1971
- DAVIS JUNIOR MORGANSergeant First Class · June 5, 1971
- BILLY HERDON WYATTSpecialist Five · June 5, 1971
- EDMOND TELLO BALLANCEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVIS JUNIOR MORGANSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 67
- BILLY HERDON WYATTSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 67
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.