Name:
Jesse T. Taylor
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
15046968
Unit:
16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Division
Date of Death:
1942-08-31
State:
Kentucky
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
F
Row:
5
Grave:
43
Decoration:
Comments:
Jesse T. Taylor was born on December 19, 1915 in Kentucky. He was the son of Allen Tress Taylor and Mary Alice Daily Taylor. He entered the military service in Kentucky. Jesse served in the 16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Division as a Private during World War II. He died on August 31, 1942, at the age of 26, and was buried first in the Lisnabreeny Former American Military Cemetery in England. The cemetery closed in 1948 and his remains were exhumed and transferred. PVT Taylor is buried now in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.