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Personal info

Full name
TAYLOR, Raymond Hugh
Date of birth
13 March 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Bennington, Ottawa County, Kansas
Hometown
Oseville, Placer County, California

Military service

Service number
19069643
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Top Turret Gunner
Unit
700th Bombardment Squadron,
445th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
3 miles southeast of Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 13 13

Immediate family

Members
Guy M. Taylor (father)
Alma W. Taylor (mother)
Robert Taylor (brother)
Wilda Taylor (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-50620
Data
Type: B-24J
Destination: Wezel
Mission: Cargo drop
MACR: 13545

More information

Raymond H. Taylor graduated from San Juan Union High School and attended college in San Luis Obispo for one term.

He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Sacramento, California on 12 June 1942.

Ship 620 was hit by small arms fire at 300 ft and caught fire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Marga Lardinois-Pluis - Yearbook 1941 San Juan Union High School, Citrus Heights, California