Taylor, Cecil Luther – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Cecil Luther Taylor.

Unit/Placed in, USS Houston (CA-30) Cruiser, United States Navy United States Navy.

Cecil is born approx. on 22 Jan. 1921 in Amarillo, Texas.

Father, Horace Luther Taylor.

Mother, Myrtle Taylor.

Sister(s), Marjorie Taylor.

Brother(s), Chester Taylor.

Cecil enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 3562289.

Cecil was KIA when the USS Houston was attacked by numerous Japanese Planes and they hit at one of the Turrets in the Battle of Sunda Strait, on 1 March 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.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, http://www.usshouston.org/

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/ships/usn/CA-30.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com on Facebook.

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