Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 27-Jul-1948
Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 18-Aug-1969
Start of tour: 10-Jan-1970
Incident date: 29-Sep-1970
Date of casualty: 29-Sep-1970
Age at death: 22
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Harry Eugene Taylor was killed while gunner on a military aircraft on a military mission when a mine detonated. / Gunner on tank on reconnaissance mission. Detonated hostile mine.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 906 402
Place of interment: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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