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WILLIAM RUSSELL TAYLOR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 9, 1945 – August 28, 1966
Service recordWilliam Russell Taylor, of Bardstown, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Bardstown, Kentucky (Nelson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 52
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- JOHN ELMO WATSONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- ROBERT LEO BABULAStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- JOHN EUGEN BODENSCHATZ JRStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
From Bardstown
- RAYMOND SYLVESTER FORDSpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- DAVID BURR COLLINSSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- RONALD EARL SIMPSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
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.