Taylor, Blaine Warren – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Ensign Blaine Warren Taylor.

Unit/Placed in, Composite Squadron 84, (VC-84), United States Naval Reserve.

Blaine is born approx. on 1916 in Ohio.

Father, Carl Taylor.

Mother, Mary Elizabeth (Evans) Taylor.

Sister(s), Nettie Taylor.

Brother(s), Earl Taylor.

Blaine enlisted the service in Ohio with service number # 0-364052.

Blaine‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a TBM-3 were,

Ensign Blaine W. Taylor Pilot

Ammc3. C. H. Weeks Gunner

Arm2. Donald L. Sylvester Radio Operator

Blaine died during landing on the USS Makin Island with heavy cross winds that made him crashed in the sea, where he sank in 20 seconds, tis made the Depth Charges he carried to Explode on 14 Nov. 1944, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Blaine is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Blaine also has a Memorial Grave at Newton Township Cemetery West Side, Newton Falls, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA.

Thanks to, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GQ73-85Q

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano