Fay Lex Taylor

World War I
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Fallen

Towner, ND

County:
McHenry

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company G, 307th Infantry

Circumstances:

Died of disease at New York City, on May 10, 1919.

Buried at Towner, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 3191 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered McHenry county. Born, Council Bluffs, Iowa, May 2, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - school teacher. Inducted at Towner on May 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 23rd Company, 6th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to July 11, 1918; Machine Gun Company, 159th Infantry, to Sept. 21, 1918; Company G, 307th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Sept. 1, 1918; Private, Sept. 20, 1918. Overseas from Aug. 8, 1918, to April 20, 1919. Wounded, gassed, Sept. 27, 1918. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Foret-d'Argonne (Lorraine).