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Personal info

Full name
TAYLOR, William Francis
Date of birth
14 August 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31426476
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Elsenborg area, Siegfried Line, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 13 48

Immediate family

Members
Margaret L. Taylor (mother)
Irene M. Taylor (sister)
Robert J. Taylor (brother)
Kenneth E. Taylor (brother)

More information

Pvt William F. Taylor enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 19 November 1943.

Source of information: Cor van den Burg, Sheree Dowdle, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census, Operational Performance of the U.S. 28th Infantry Division, September to December 1944 Major Jeffrey P. Holt (PDF)

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Andrew