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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Naval War College (Staff) Center for Naval Warfare Studies
Hayward, John Tucker, VADM, (1925-1968) Vice Admiral
Melson, Charles, VADM, (1927-1966) Vice Admiral
Engen, Donald, VADM, (1942-1978) Captain
Fischer, Harry Frederick, CAPT, (1935-1970) Captain
Hayward, Thomas B., ADM, (1943-1982) OFF 131X Captain
Hemley, Eugene Adams, CAPT, (1940-1970) Captain
LAMB, Derwin Taylor, CAPT, (1944-1982) OFF 113X Commander
Eckhouse, Morton, CDR, (1950-1977) NC NC-0000 Lieutenant Commander
Eckhouse, Morton, CDR, (1950-1977) Lieutenant Commander
ENDO, Norio, CAPT, (1956-1984) OFF 131X Lieutenant Commander
KEENE, T.J., CAPT, (1954-1984) OFF 131X Lieutenant Commander
Rumsfeld, Donald Henry, CAPT, (1954-1989) Lieutenant Commander
Slattery, Francis Atwood, CDR, (1954-1968) Lieutenant Commander
McKinley, Kenneth, CPO, (1961-1981) IC IC-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Lee, Caren, PO3, (1967-1970) ET ET-1431 Petty Officer Third Class
Peavey, Michael, CDR, (1965-1969) TD TDR-0000 Petty Officer Third Class

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