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The name of William L. Taylor, who served as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, is added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during a ceremony in Washington, D.C., May 4, 2010. Taylor's name is one of six names that will be added this week. They represent veterans who survived serious injury in the war, but were determined by Defense Department officials to have died as a result of wounds sustained in the combat zone.

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The name of William L. Taylor, who served as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, is added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during a ceremony in Washington, D.C., May 4, 2010. Taylor's name is one of six names that will be added this week. They represent veterans who survived serious injury in the war, but were determined by Defense Department officials to have died as a result of wounds sustained in the combat zone.

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