Robert Edmund Taft
Second Lieutenant

PERSONAL DATA
  Home of Record: Highland Park, Illinois
  Date of birth:  Friday, 07/31/1942

MILITARY DATA
  Service:        Army  (Reserve)
  Grade at loss:  O1
  Rank:           Second Lieutenant
  ID No:          O5325657 
  MOS:            1542 Infantry Unit Commander
  LenSvc:         Less than one year
  Unit:           A CO, 1ST BN, 7TH CAV RGT, 1 CAV DIV

CASUALTY DATA
  Start Tour:     Wednesday, 08/18/1965
  Cas Date:       Monday, 11/15/1965
  Age at Loss:    23
  Remains:        Body recovered
  Location:       Ia Drang Valley, South Vietnam
  Type:           Hostile, died outright
  Reason:         Gun or small arms fire - Ground casualty

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