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Personal info

Full name
TAYLOR, Robert Woodrow "Bob"
Date of birth
20 December 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Robbinsdale, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37591758
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Sankt Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 12 35

Immediate family

Members
Leonard Taylor (father)
Henrietta (Skilbeck) Taylor (mother)
Marjorie Taylor (sister)
Henrietta M. Taylor (sister)
Adeline L. Taylor (sister)
James L. Taylor (brother)
Albert D. Taylor (brother)
Stanley F. Taylor (brother)
Beverly (Culp) Taylor (wife)

More information

Pvt Robert W. Taylor enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 29 February 1944.

Pvt Robert W. Taylor worked at Acme Metal Spinning doing defense work, before joining the army.

Pvt Robert W. Taylor was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Taylor/Freimuth/Rueschenberg/Hirder Family Tree / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Lenny Jacobsson