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SSgt LeRoy Junior Taylor

29 Oct 1922 – 9 Jan 1945

Birth	29 Oct 1922
Death	9 Jan 1945
Cemetery	Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Épinal , Département des Vosges , Lorraine , France
Added by	Danny Wiggins on 27 May 2019
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56375889

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Entered the Service from Oklahoma.

Bio

SSGT, 56 ARMD INF BN, 12 ARMD DIV WORLD WAR II From the book, The Fighting Men of Oklahoma: SSGT LeRoy J. Taylor, son of Mr. & Mrs. O.S. Taylor, was born Oct. 29, 1922 at Anadarko OK and attended Fairview High School. He entered the service at Oklahoma City on Dec. 19, 1942 and received his training at Ft. Sill OK, Camp Campbell KY and Camp Barkeley TX. SGT Taylor served in the European Theater of War with the 3rd Army, 12th Div., 56th Bn., Co. C and was reported missing in action on January 9, 1945. * * * * * The following information is courtesy of Alan: He was killed during the battle for Herrlisheim - a bridgehead seized by the Germans during Operation North Wind in Alsace. German defenders repulsed two division attacks in the most violent fighting in the history of the 12th Division, during 8 to 10 January and 16 to 17 January 1945. The division's attacks at Herrlisheim failed to use combined-arms tactics and were defeated in detail, resulting in two tank and two armored infantry battalions taking heavy losses. Poor tactics were compounded by terrain that was almost tabletop-flat, offering the German defenders excellent fields of fire.

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Family

Parents

• Oliver Shook Taylor 1875–1949
• Berta Lutisha Cook Taylor 1888–1964

Siblings

• Marvin "Charley" Taylor 1904–1994
• Bunard F. Taylor 1906–1989
• Reba Thelma "Sis" Taylor McNamar 1909–1991
• Jim Taylor 1916–1964
• Odis Glen Taylor 1917–2001
• Amy Annis Taylor Mears 1920–2002
• Francis Aline Taylor Davis 1927–1994

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