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HONORED ON PANEL 37W, LINE 70 OF THE WALL
KARL GORMAN TAYLOR
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KARL G TAYLOR
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POSTED ON 5.25.2015
POSTED BY: John Lissoway
My 41st OCS platoon Sgt.
Sgt. Taylor, you were tough but fair on us....especially on the drill field, where you would say "right oblique or I'll strike!" for those of us with two left feet...
I was honored to again meet and briefly visit with you in Nam, just before I was wounded and you were killed in Operation Meade River, late 1968.
You were a Marine's Marine in every way--and today, Memorial Day 2015 I again salute you for your service and for your ultimate sacrifice.
I was honored to again meet and briefly visit with you in Nam, just before I was wounded and you were killed in Operation Meade River, late 1968.
You were a Marine's Marine in every way--and today, Memorial Day 2015 I again salute you for your service and for your ultimate sacrifice.
POSTED ON 11.9.2013
POSTED BY: Curt Carter [email protected]
Remembering An American Hero
Dear SSGT Karl Gorman Taylor, sir
As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.
May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.
With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir
Curt Carter
As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.
May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.
With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir
Curt Carter
POSTED ON 2.27.2012
POSTED BY: Nam Vet
Exceptional Valor , Medal Of Homor recipient
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Richard M. Nixon awarded posthum- ously the Medal of Honor to the family of SSgt. Karl G. Taylor during a joint-service ceremony at the White House on February 16, 1971.
SSgt. Taylor was cited for his courage and inspiring leadership on De- cember 8, 1968 during Operation Meade River when he charged across an open rice paddy toward an enemy machine gun position. Firing a grenade launcher as he ran and in full view of the enemy, SSgt. Taylor succeeded in reaching the machine gun bunker and silenced the enemy fire moments before he fell mortally wounded.
At the time of his death, he was serving as Company Gunnery Sergeant, Company 'I', 3rd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment. SSgt. Taylor had been in the Marine Corps since January 1959 and was serving his second tour in Vietnam.
SSgt. Taylor was the husband of the former Shirley Ann Platt and the father of two sons, Karl G., Jr., 7, Kevin G., 4, and a daughter, Sheryl A., 8. Mrs. Taylor and the children live in Avella, Pa. His parents are Mr. Arthur G. Taylor of Jessup, Md., and Mrs. Anna H. Taylor of Can- ton, Ohio.
SSgt. Taylor was cited for his courage and inspiring leadership on De- cember 8, 1968 during Operation Meade River when he charged across an open rice paddy toward an enemy machine gun position. Firing a grenade launcher as he ran and in full view of the enemy, SSgt. Taylor succeeded in reaching the machine gun bunker and silenced the enemy fire moments before he fell mortally wounded.
At the time of his death, he was serving as Company Gunnery Sergeant, Company 'I', 3rd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment. SSgt. Taylor had been in the Marine Corps since January 1959 and was serving his second tour in Vietnam.
SSgt. Taylor was the husband of the former Shirley Ann Platt and the father of two sons, Karl G., Jr., 7, Kevin G., 4, and a daughter, Sheryl A., 8. Mrs. Taylor and the children live in Avella, Pa. His parents are Mr. Arthur G. Taylor of Jessup, Md., and Mrs. Anna H. Taylor of Can- ton, Ohio.
POSTED ON 12.21.2011
POSTED BY: Carol (Cipriani) Haberchak
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