Walter Joseph Taylor Jr.

Vietnam War
Unit158th Battalion, 101 Airborne Division
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service FromMoss Point Mississippi
Date of DeathDecember 6 1970
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Private First Class Taylor was a member of Company C, 158th Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division. On December 6, 1970, he was door gunner of a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) when his aircraft crashed into the South China Sea near Da Nang Harbor, South Vietnam and exploded. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.