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WILLIAM LYNWOOD TAYLOR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
December 19, 1941 – September 21, 1970
Service recordWilliam Lynwood Taylor, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1970, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Born
- December 19, 1941
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Added to the Wall
- 2010
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1970. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 81
- TERRY LEE DEANCorporal · September 21, 1970
- EARL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · September 21, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM GREBBYChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 21, 1970
- DAVID LEE HICKSSpecialist Four · September 21, 1970
- THIERRY TIMOTHY G MAXIMSpecialist Four · September 21, 1970
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2010, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.