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Personal info

Full name
TAYLOR, Chester Orie
Date of birth
4 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Norwood, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35471959
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 7 44

Immediate family

Members
Orie E. Taylor (father)
Iva Taylor (mother)
Victor Taylor (brother)
Noreen Taylor (sister)

More information

Cpl Chester O. Taylor attended Norwood High School and was employed by Allis-Chalmers Company.

He enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 28 August 1942.
He died in a German prison camp 23 January 1945 after being captured in Luxembourg on 20 December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ohio Birth Index / 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com – The Cincinnati Enquirer 12 August 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Norwood High School 1940 Silhouette Yearbook