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Personal info

Full name
TAYLOR, J T
Date of birth
3 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina
Hometown
Beaverdam, Haywood County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34773245
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
38th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 January 1945
Place of death
Northeast of Büllingen, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 6 39

Immediate family

Members
Dillin W. Taylor (father)
Estella A. (Kinsland) Taylor (mother)
Tipton Taylor (brother)
Douglas Taylor (brother)
Hazel Taylor (sister)

More information

Pfc J. (James) T. Taylor enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 21 April 1943.

Pvt Taylor is remembered at the Morning Star Cemetery, Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - North Carolina Birth Indexes / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / June Taylor McClure

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / June Taylor McClure