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WILLIAM ROBERT TAYLOR
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
January 8, 1947 – August 2, 1968
Service recordWilliam Robert Taylor, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 2, 1968, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 1
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 13 ASLT DIV 13
- Born
- January 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Chuong Thien Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 1
- DONALD BLUE SCOTTLance Corporal · August 2, 1968
- CRAIG FRANCIS SWAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- BILLY JOE TAYLORCorporal · August 2, 1968
- CHESTER ANTON WRIGHTSpecialist Four · August 2, 1968
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.