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Personal info

Full name
TAYLOR, Leon F H
Date of birth
15 November 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Hometown
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37120190
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Bois du Grand Mont area, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 9 29

Immediate family

Members
Hamil D. Siler (father)
Willie T. Taylor (adoptive father)
Opal F. (Neslon) Taylor (mother)
Floyd L. Taylor (stepbrother)

More information

Pvt Leon F. H. Taylor was also known as Lynn Siler.

Source of information: Cor van den Burg, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Nelson Family Tree / 1925 Iowa State Census Collection / After Action Report 36th Arm Inf Reg 3rd Arm Div November 1944 thru April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Dwight Anderson