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Personal info

Full name
TAGGART, Gordon Rex
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Prestwick, Ayrshire County, Scotland
Hometown
Gloucester County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32366437
Rank
Private
Function
Automatic Rifleman
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 25 12

Immediate family

Members
Robert C. Taggart (father)
Henretta J. (Clarke) Taggart (mother)
Robert Taggart (brother)
Agnes Taggart (sister)
Irvin Taggart (brother)
Charles Taggart (brother)

More information

Pvt Gordon R. Taggart attended high school for three years and was a mechanic.

He enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 16 December 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Edward Kevil Davis Jr. Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: The Kansas City Times 11 December 1944