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Jack
M.
Taylor
POW (Korea)

Home:

Selma

, 

Alabama

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    6148th Tactical Control Squadron

    Regiment:

    6147th Tactical Control Group

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (North Korea)

    Action Date:

    May 21, 1953 – September 10, 1953
    NARA Database: Repatriated Korean Conflict Prisoners of War, 7/5/1950 – 10/6/1954

    First Lieutenant Jack M. Taylor (AFSN: 0-1865739), United States Air Force, was captured by communist forces after he was shot down over North Korea on 21 May 1953, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release on 10 September 1953, during Operation Big Switch at the end of the war.