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Michael D. Withers (Mike), OSCS
to remember
Taylor, Edmund Battelle, Jr., CAPT.
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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.
Remembrance posted by Edmund Taylor, III My dad was a great Naval Officer. He loved what he was doing and very proud of it. I was 15 when our family learned of him missing. To this day, 29 years later, I think of him every day and miss him immensely. I wish he was here to see all the beautiful grandchildren that he has now. I love you dad, Ted
