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Wayne Earl Taylor

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 Silver Star

Rank/Rate Chief Motor Machinist's Mate
Service Number 258 08 90
Birth Date May 7, 1918
From Hundred, West Virginia
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Ship USS Chanticleer (ASR-7)
Loss Date March 9, 1943
Location Honolulu, Hawaii
Circumstances Died after drinking wood alcohol while on R & R at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel
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Wayne recieved the Silver Star "for his outstanding and courageous performance of duty on 10 December 1941" while serving on USS Pigeon (ASR-6).

He was previously listed on this page as serving on USS Flying Fish (SS-229), but muster rolls show that he was actually serving on USS Chanticleer.

Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer amd William Bower.

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