Taylor, Edmund Battelle, Jr., CAPT

POW/MIA
 
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Last Rank
Captain
Last Primary NEC
111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1971-1972, Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group, 7th Fleet, Commander, Seventh Fleet (COMSEVENTHFLT)
Service Years
1953 - 1972
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club
Order of the Golden Dragon
Captain Captain

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Home State
Maryland
Maryland
 Year of Birth
1931
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Baltimore
MIA Date
May 08, 1972		  
Cause
Non Hostile- Body Not Recovered		 Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location
Vietnam, North (Vietnam)		 Conflict
Vietnam War
Memorial Coordinates
01W 015

 Official Badges 




 Unofficial Badges 

Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club Order of the Golden Dragon


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Vietnam Veterans MemorialThe National Gold Star Family RegistryUnited States Navy Memorial
  2013, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
  2017, The National Gold Star Family Registry
  2023, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:


Commander John M. Leaver was assigned as a staff officer to Commander Cruiser Destroyer Group 7th Fleet. On May 8, 1972, he and Captain Edmund B. Taylor were passengers aboard a helicopter attempting to make a night landing on the fantail of the USS PROVIDENCE (CLG-6). The helicopter crashed and fell overboard.

Leaver and Taylor were both lost in the crash and their remains were never located. They are listed with honor among the missing because no remains were found.
   
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  1961-1963, USS Luce (DLG-7)

Lieutenant

From Month/Year
- / 1961
To Month/Year
- / 1963

Unit
USS Luce (DLG-7) Unit Page

Rank
Lieutenant
NEC
Not Specified

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
 Patch
 USS Luce (DLG-7) Details

USS Luce (DLG-7) 		Hull number DLG-7

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Surface Vessels
Strength
Destroyer Leader Guided Missile

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: May 10, 2010
   
   
Yearbook
 
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No Available Photos
29 Members Also There at Same Time
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This Unit Only
USS Luce (DLG-7)
Beane, Tom, PO2, (1961-1968) Petty Officer Second Class
Underwood, Fred, CAPT, (1951-1983) OFF 110X Lieutenant
Cade, Bill, PO2, (1961-1965) IC IC-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Cade, William, PO2, (1961-1965) IC IC-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Connelly, Jeffrey, PO2, (1959-1963) ET ET-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Cook, Vernon, PO1, (1958-1977) DK DK-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Dugal, Dennis, PO2, (1961-1965) ETN ETN-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Durst, Howard, PO1, (1958-1968) EN EN-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Falletta, Nicholas, PO2, (1963-1971) FT FT-1119 Petty Officer Second Class
Reed, Kenneth Eugene, PO2, (1960-1965) MM MM-4294 Petty Officer Second Class
Rodriguez, Jose Ramon, SCPO, (1957-1982) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Thacker, Vester, LCDR, (1961-1981) ST ST-0451 Petty Officer Second Class
Zagora, Donald, PO2, (1958-1962) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Bockus, Bill, PO3, (1960-1964) SM SM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Brohmer, Al, PO3, (1961-1965) RM RM-2304 Petty Officer Third Class
Charest, Bruce, PO3, (1960-1964) QM QM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Hunt, Morton, PO3, (1961-1965) RM RM-2304 Petty Officer Third Class
Hunt, Morton, PO3, (1961-1965) RM RM-2304 Petty Officer Third Class
Hunt, Morton, PO3, (1961-1965) RM RM-2303 Petty Officer Third Class
Nardone, Joe, PO3, (1960-1964) RD RD-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Reichert, David, PO3, (1963-1967) RD RD-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Sansone, Carl, PO3, (1959-1963) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Schroeder, Darrell, PO3, (1962-1966) FTM FTM-1189 Petty Officer Third Class
Solis, Jame, PO3, (1962-1966) FT FT-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Tucker, Wesley, PO3, (1963-1967) GM GM-0891 Petty Officer Third Class
Beck, Jerry, S1c, (1961-1967) BM BM-0000 Seaman First Class
Burnell, Robert, SN, (1960-1963) BM BM-0000 Seaman
Kacedon, Thomas, SN, (1960-1964) GMG GMG-0000 Seaman
Kacedon, Thomas, SN, (1960-1964) GM GM-0873 Seaman
Cooper, William, FN, (1963-1966) MM MM-0000 Fireman
Bendt, Denny, SA, (1961-1965) BM BM-0000 Seaman Apprentice

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