First Lieutenant William Elmer Taylor

1919 - 1943  (24 years)

• Name	William Elmer Taylor
  Prefix	First Lieutenant
  Born	5 Jan 1919	Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
  Christened	2 Feb 1919
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Dec 1943	Over the Mediterranean Sea   [1]
  Buried	North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial, Carthage, Tunis, Tunisie   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I282528	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	William Harold Taylor,   b. 11 Sep 1888, Lanark, Carroll County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 30 Jan 1920, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA  (Age 31 years)
  Mother	Susanna Josephine Mueller,   b. 6 Jul 1892, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA ,   d. 3 Jan 1960, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Married	8 Sep 1915	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
  Family ID	F97329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wilma Jane Comstock,   b. 22 Aug 1919, Globe, Gila County, Arizona, USA ,   d. 24 Aug 2009, Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Married	May 1942	Connecticut, USA
  Children	1. Sharon Taylor
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F97331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S256] U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939 - 1945. Name: William E Taylor Gender: Male Race: White Religion: Catholic Disposition: Nonrecoverable Service branch: Army Rank: First Lieutenant Service number: 430950 [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). Lieut William Elmer Taylor Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about removing the ads from this memorial... Birth: Jan. 5, 1919 Oak Park Cook County Illinois, USA Death: Dec. 8, 1943 Carthage Tunis, Tunisia North African American Cemetery Last seen over the Mediterranean Sea. Family links: Parents: William Harold Taylor (1888 - 1920) Susanna Josephine Mueller Carr (1892 - 1960) Spouse: Wilma Jane Comstock Waldorf (1919 - 2009) Sibling: William Elmer Taylor (1919 - 1943) Harold Ernest Taylor (1920 - 1998)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Body lost or destroyed Specifically: Lost over the Med. Created by: Chris Record added: Nov 15, 2014 Find A Grave Memorial# 138803424 [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur. Proposed Change: First Lieutenant William Elmer Taylor (I282528) Tree: Südpfalz / Southern Palatinate Link: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I282528&tree=Suedpfalz Description: Birth: Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA Burial: North Africa American Cemetery & Memorial, Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia 1LT Taylor has 2 memorials at FindAGrave www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56250767 (This is a memorial created by ABMC.) www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=138803424 (This memorial created by researcher of the Taylor Family.) The North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial, is a 27-acre cemetery located at Carthage, Tunisia, where 2,841 US military casualties are interred. Most lost their lives during World War II military activities in North Africa. At the 27-acre North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial in Tunisia rest 2841 of our military dead, their headstones set in straight lines subdivided into nine rectangular plots by wide paths, with decorative pools at their intersections. Along the southeast edge of the burial area, bordering the tree-lined terrace leading to the memorial is the Wall of the Missing. On this wall 3,724 names are engraved. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. Most honored here lost their lives in World War II in military activities ranging from North Africa to the Persian Gulf. Source: American Battle Monuments Commission www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/africa/north-africa-american-cemetery Mariner's Knoll Genealogy USA Mariner's Knoll Genealogy USA