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Personal info

Full name
TAYLOR, George Summers
Date of birth
12 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Cameron, Calhoun County, South Carolina
Hometown
Cameron, Calhoun County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34513491
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
Hatzenport, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 15 11

Immediate family

Members
Berley E. Taylor (father)
Annie S. Taylor (mother)
Berley E. Taylor (brother)
Nancy L. Taylor (sister)
Sylvia Taylor (sister)

More information

Pfc George S. Taylor worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina on 12 November 1942. He was sent overseas in April, 1944.

He was wounded in Germany on 15 December 1944 which earned him the first Purple Heart.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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 – Luxembourg American Cemetery