Name:
Charles John Taylor
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
13237
Unit:
21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Death:
1944-07-27
State:
Maine
Cemetery:
Mount Pleasant Catholic Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Plot:
Section IX
Row:
Lot 74
Grave:
4
Decoration:
Comments:
Charles John Taylor was born on July 31, 1921, in Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine. He was the son of John L. Taylor and Hazel L. Eaton Taylor.
Taylor graduated from John Bapst High School, Bangor, Maine, where he was an honor student, medal winner, and prominent in baseball, football, and the Latin Club, in 1938. He is also a Dean's Lister student. He served in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a First Lieutenant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 27, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.