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Walter
Willard
Taylor
, Jr.

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Texas

Walter Taylor graduated from Yale University in 1935 and then studied at Cambridge before earning a PhD from Harvard, all before entering service in World War II.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Germany)

    Action Date:

    October 24, 1944 – April 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Second Lieutenant Walter Willard Taylor, Jr. (MCSN: 0-25233), United States Marine Corps, was captured by German Forces while serving with the OSS in Europe on 24 October 1944, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of the war.