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

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Taylor
  • FORENAME
Amos Johnson, Jr. (Buck)
  • UNIT
506 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company E)
  • RANK
Staff Sergeant
  • NUMBER
  • 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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