Taylor, Edmund Battelle, Jr., CAPT

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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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  1965-1966, CNO - OPNAV

Lieutenant Commander

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Lieutenant Commander
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Type
Shore Support 		 

Parent Unit
Major Commands
Strength
Center

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Last Updated: Jul 11, 2013
   
   
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CNO - OPNAV
Connolly, Thomas, VADM Vice Admiral
Holmes, Ephraim P., ADM, (1930-1970) Vice Admiral
Ramage, Lawson Paterson, VADM, (1931-1969) Vice Admiral
Zumwalt, Elmo Russell, ADM, (1942-1974) Rear Admiral Upper Half
Beach, Jr., Edward, CAPT, (1939-1966) Captain
Claggett, Bladen, CAPT, (1935-1966) Captain
CLARK, Asa, CAPT, (1937-1967) Captain
King, Jerome H. Jr., VADM, (1941-1974) Captain
Snyder, Edwin Knowlson, VADM, (1943-1977) Captain
Snyder, Edwin Knowlson, VADM, (1943-1977) Captain
Eckhouse, Morton, CDR, (1950-1977) Commander
Snyder, Stephen, CAPT, (1959-1982) Lieutenant
Gschwend, David, CDR, (1957-1992) Petty Officer First Class
Dispina, Ron, PO3, (1962-1965) Petty Officer Third Class
Pitman, Steven, (1966-1970) AME 8323 [Other Service Rank]
McDonald, David Lamar, ADM, (1928-1967) OFF 131X Admiral
Nimitz, Chester William, FADM, (1905-1966) OFF 110X Admiral
Benson, Roy, RADM, (1929-1969) OFF 112X Rear Admiral Upper Half
Daspit, Lawrence Randall, RADM, (1927-1967) OFF 112X Rear Admiral Upper Half
Gayler, Noel Arthur Meredyth, ADM, (1935-1976) OFF Rear Admiral Upper Half
Wendt, Waldemar Frederick A, ADM, (1933-1971) OFF Rear Admiral Upper Half
Anderson, Edward Lee, CAPT, (1938-1968) OFF Captain
Gadow, John, CAPT, (1954-1990) OFF 163X Captain
Hathaway, Amos Townsend, CAPT, (1935-1965) OFF Captain
Kidd, Jr., Isaac, ADM, (1941-1978) OFF 111X Captain
McKenzie, Robert Palmer, RADM, (1941-1982) OFF 131X Captain
McNees, Richard Brown, CAPT, (1940-1972) OFF 9421 Captain
Smith, Joseph, CAPT OFF 131X Captain
Swanson, Eugene Samuel, CAPT, (1945-1976) OFF 410X Captain
Vejtasa, Stanley Winfield, CAPT, (1938-1970) OFF 131X Captain
Hipp Jr., Ronald Nickolas, CDR, (1951-1971) OFF 131X Commander
Krejcarek, Donald James, CAPT, (1944-1977) OFF 111X Commander
Leahy, John Patrick, CAPT, (1947-1979) OFF 112X Commander
Ryder, John, CAPT, (1948-1973) OFF 161X Commander
Schaufelberger, Albert Arthur, CAPT, (1949-1975) OFF Commander
Stafford, Ken, CAPT, (1953-1980) OFF 131X Commander
Tsantes, George, CAPT, (1955-1983) OFF 111X Commander
Black, Henry Clay, LCDR, (1954-1979) OFF 00X Lieutenant Commander
Caldwell, Charles, CDR, (1953-1973) OFF 131X Lieutenant Commander
Cassani, Henry, CAPT, (1948-1976) OFF 131X Lieutenant Commander
Ellison, John Cooley, CAPT, (1952-1967) OFF 131X Lieutenant Commander
Gleim, James M., RADM, (1954-1987) OFF 131X Lieutenant Commander
Haley, George, CDR, (1956-1981) OFF 131X Lieutenant Commander
PATTEN, GERRY, LCDR, (1948-1974) OFF 112X Lieutenant Commander
Stoll, Linus, CDR, (1943-1986) OFF 9421 Lieutenant Commander
Sugg, Ross Edgar, CAPT, (1950-1986) OFF 144X Lieutenant Commander
Vahey, William, LCDR, (1959-1990) OFF 613X Lieutenant Commander
Bailey, James, LT, (1961-1966) 00 00E Lieutenant
Blower, Robert, LCDR, (1964-1969) OFF 110X Lieutenant
Busey, James B., ADM, (1952-1989) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Cleary, Francis, CDR, (1962-1982) OFF 110X Lieutenant
DeLo, David, LT, (1953-1973) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Fisher, Dave, CDR, (1957-1981) OFF 00X Lieutenant
Gomez, Alvar, RDML, (1959-1992) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Graf, John George, CDR, (1945-1974) OFF 132X Lieutenant
Harris, Hubert, LT, (1949-1969) OFF 641X Lieutenant
Joy, Joseph, LCDR, (1948-1971) OFF 613X Lieutenant
Lane, Jerry, LT, (1955-1978) MM MM-0000 Lieutenant
Longo Jr, D Thomas, LT, (1963-1967) OFF 110X Lieutenant

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