US PARAS Taylor, Amos Johnson, Jr. (Buck)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Taylor ​

• FORENAME

Amos Johnson, Jr. (Buck) ​

• UNIT

506 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company E) ​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Bronze Star ​

• PLACE

Europe ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 28.09.1920, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA​

father Amos Johnson Taylor, Sr. (1892-1971)​

mother Florence M. (nee Mill) (1897-)​

4 years high school​

employed by Baldwin Locomotives (Machinist)​

16.02.1942 draft card Philadelphia, Pennsylvania​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

11.08.1942 enlisted Philadelphia, Pennsylvania​

06.06.1944 D-Day​

WIA after Battle of Carentan​

17.09.1944 Operation Market Garden​

22.10.1944 Operation Pegasus​

01.1945 Battle of Buldge in Bastogne (WIA - shot in leg)​

19.05.1945 married Gloria Elaine Taylor (1925-2011) (also buried Arlington, same grave)​

daughters (Joan, Deborah) sons (Richard, Robert)​

postwar 25 years CIA (Working in Far East Division of the Covert Operation Directorate)​

advisor for Band Of Brothers (TV Series)​

last residence 32763, Orange City, Volusia, Florida, USA​

died 24.08.2011 (Aged 90) Orange City, Florida, USA​

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Section 60, Site 9889​

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