Greene County GaArchives Obituaries.....Taylor, John Fred November 30, 1942
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The Herald-Journal, Fri, 14 Dec 1945, front page, col 4
LT. J. F. TAYLOR 
GIVES LIFE
         
Official Notice States Taylor 
Died Prisoner of War 
November 30, 1942

   Lt. John F. Taylor has been reported officially as having died on November 
30, 1942 while a prisoner of war of the Japanese government.
   Mrs. L. Sanford Taylor, mother of Lt. Taylor has received the following 
telegram:

      It is with distress that I must inform you that since my telegram of
5 September inviting you to submit a message for attempted transmission to  
your son in the event he was returned to military control, a delayed report 
has just been received which states that your son First Lt. John F. Taylor 
died on 30 November 1942 while a prisoner of War of the Japanese government. 
The Secretary of War asks that I express his deepest sympathy to you in your 
tragic loss. Permit me to add my own personal expression of condolence. Letter 
follows immediately.
EDWARD F. WITSELL, Acting 
The Adjutant General.

   John Fred Taylor was born in Greensboro January 18, 1919, the son of Mr. 
and Mrs. L. S. Taylor.
   He attended the local schools and graduated from the Greensboro High 
School. He attended the University of Georgia where he received his degree and 
commission.
   Lt. Taylor was stationed at Fort William McKinley, about 14 miles from 
Manilla when the Japanese made their attack on the Phillipines.
   Lt. Taylor is survived by his mother, Mrs. L. S. Taylor, of Greensboro; 
brother, Lt. Commander L. S. Taylor, of Greensboro; sisters, Mrs. Clifford 
Glover, of Newnan; Mrs. John Clevenger, of Perth Amboy, N.J. and Miss Betty 
Taylor, of Greensboro.




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