Service Details
Name:
 TAYLOR
Given Name:
 ALAN CHANDLER
Initials:
 A C
Service No:
 1112809
Rank:
 Private First Class
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Regiment:
 United States Marine Corps
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Unit:
 1st Marine Division
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Unit 2:
 7th Marines, 3rd Battalion, Company H
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Date of Death:
 1950-09-24
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Date of Birth:
 1930-07-13
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, while engaged with the enemy northeast of Seoul, South Korea
Decorations:
 USA Purple Heart
Additional
Information:
Son of Dr. and Mrs. Allan Boardman Taylor. Brother of Mrs. James Elliott, of 4115 Broaddus Street, El Paso, Taxas. Born Durban. Enlisted at Auburndale, Massachusetts, USA; served with Company H, 3rd Battalion; trained at Parris Island, South Carolina & Camp Le Jeune, North Carolina. Alan was an American boy who at attended Kearsney College in the 1940s. His father was a medical doctor who had been posted to McCord Hospital in Durban. On the completion of his schooling, he returned to America where he enrolled at a University in California. He was awarded Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Korean Service Medal, National Defence Service Medal, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Republic of Korea War Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Good Conduct Medal and Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal
Commemoration
Country:
 United States of America
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Locality:
 Texas
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Cemetery:
 FORT BLISS NATIONAL CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Section E, Site 10233

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