Name:
Stokes Millard Taylor
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
34192689
Unit:
80th Airborne Anti Aircraft Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-12-21
State:
Tennessee
Cemetery:
Mountain Home National Cemetery, Tennessee
Plot:
LL
Row:
Grave:
747
Decoration:
Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart
Comments:
Stokes M. Taylor was born on January 4, 1914, in Milligan, Tennessee. He was killed in Trois-Ponts, Belgium, after he order his men to retreat, yet remained himself on the hillside where his unit had taken up a position in order to provide covering fire.