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Personal info

Full name
TAYLOR, Robert Cunningham Jr
Date of birth
4 June 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Virginia, Cass County, Illinois
Hometown
Sangamon County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36033181
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schauffenberg-Bettendorf-Siersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 11 9

Immediate family

Members
Robert C. Taylor (father)
Charlotte (Stryker) Taylor (mother)
Henry S. Taylor (brother)

More information

Pfc Robert Taylor graduated from Knox College in 1929. He enlisted on 16 June 1943 at Chicago, Illinois.

He joined his unit from Replacement Depot on 2 September 1944 and was promoted to sergeant on 16 November 1944.

He was reported missing in action on 24 November 1944.

His status was changed from MIA to KIA on 25 November 1944.

After the war, his brother, Henry, endowed a scholarship fund in Robert's name for Knox students.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com, Decatur Herald - 7 April 1945, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Knox College Archives, Elizabeth T. Greer