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Personal info

Full name
TAYLOR, Samuel Norman
Date of birth
4 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Prince George, Prince George County, Virginia
Hometown
Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33883449
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
Rittershoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 19 10

Immediate family

Members
John H. Taylor (father)
Mattie V. (Mosley) Taylor (mother)
Dollie Taylor (sister)
Adolphus D. Taylor (brother)
Alice Taylor (sister)
Curtis L. Taylor (brother)
Nora E. (Owens) Taylor (wife)
Samuel N. Taylor (son)

More information

Pfc Samuel N. Taylor was a plumber at Andrew Plumbing before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 12 April 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Kristian Peters Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
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