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Personal info

Full name
TAYLOR, Jess B Jr
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Colorado
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39565484
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
4th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity Athienville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 26 5

Immediate family

Members
Jess Taylor Sr. (father)
Olive E. (Frost) Taylor (mother)
Eugene M. Taylor (brother)
Warren A. Taylor (brother)
Nancy J. Taylor (sister)
Warren A. Taylor (brother)
Arnold R. Taylor (brother)
Bruce P. Taylor (brother)

More information

Pfc Jess B. Taylor Jr. enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 12 March 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Len