Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Billy Buxton Taylor.
Unit/Placed in, USS Quincy (CA-39) Cruiser, United States Naval Reserve.
Billy is born approx. on 1923 in Ohio.
Father, William J. Taylor.
Mother, Ethel (Bartlett) Taylor.
Sister(s), Nancy Lee Taylor.
Brother(s), Robert L. Taylor.
Billy enlisted the service in Ohio with service number # 2835499.
Billy was KIA during the Battle of Savo when the USS Quincy was sunk by the Japanese Navy on Aug. 9, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Billy is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/039/04039.htm
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GMLX-23C
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
