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Personal info

Full name
TAYLOR, Richard Jr
Date of birth
7 April 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
42177412
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Biesdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 5 68

Immediate family

Members
Richard Taylor Sr. (father)
Eleanor M. (Friedman) Taylor (mother)
Donald J. Taylor (brother)
Robert Taylor (brother)
Kenneth Taylor (brother)

More information

Pvt Richard Taylor Jr. graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in June 1944.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 3 August 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his head and chest.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Brooklyn Tech High School Alumni Foundation