From North Dakota Military Men records on Ancestry
Name: William H . Taylor
Birth Date: 1895
Military Date: 12 May 1917
Military Place: Mandan,
Army Number: 55,288
Enlistment Type: Enlisted
Military Branch: Company F, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard
Registrant: no, enlisted prior
Parents Origin: of (nationality of parents not given)
Comments: enlisted in Company F, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Mandan, on May 12, 1917; served in Company F, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company F, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company M, 26th Infantry, to death; overseas from Dec. 14, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montididier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).