Neil Brooks Taylor

Vietnam War
UnitAttack Squadron 192
RankLieutenant Junior Grade U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromTangeley Maine
Date of DeathSeptember 14 1965
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Lieutenant Junior Grade Taylor, U.S. Naval Reserve, was a member of Attack Squadron 192, Carrier Air Wing 19 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS BON HOMME RICHARD (CVA-31). On September 14, 1965, he was the pilot of a Douglas Attack Aircraft Skyhawk (A-4C) over South Vietnam when his aircraft crashed near Minh Hai. LT/jg Taylor's remains have been recovered. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.