Services Held For War Victim
Memorial services for Navy Capt. Edmund B. (Ted) Taylor Jr., chief of staff to Rear Adm. Rembrandt C. Robinson, were held Friday at Naval Air Station North Island Chapel.
Taylor is the nephew of Richard B. Taylor of 1602 Shawnee Rd. and the son of a Lima native, retired Vice Adm. and Mrs. E. B. Taylor of Virginia Beach, Va.
Capt. Taylor was aboard a helicopter which developed engine trouble and crashed as it attempted to land on the cruiser Providence in the Gulf of Tonkin. Adm. Robinson, commander of a cruiser-destroyer flotilla in Tonkin Gulf, was killed in the helicopter crash, and Taylor was at first listed as missing.
Taylor, 40, was commissioned as an ensign June, 1953, and was named chief of staff for Flotilla II on Jan. 28, 1972.
A resident of Coronado, Calif., he is survived by his wife, Joan, and four children.
(published in The Lima News, Monday, May 15, 1972)
Navy Cross Citation
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander Edmund Battelle Taylor (NSN: 0-59453), United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the Destroyer U.S.S. DUNCAN (DD-485), during action against enemy Japanese naval forces off Savo Island during the Battle of Cape Esperance on the night of 11 - 12 October 1942. Although his ship had sustained heavy damage under hostile bombardment, Lieutenant Commander Taylor, by skillful maneuvering, successfully launched torpedoes which contributed to the destruction of a Japanese cruiser. Maintaining the guns of the DUNCAN in effective fire throughout the battle, he, when the vessel was finally put out of action, persistently employed to the fullest extent all possible measures to extinguish raging fires and control severe damage. His gallant leadership and courageous conduct under fire were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
Memorial services for Navy Capt. Edmund B. (Ted) Taylor Jr., chief of staff to Rear Adm. Rembrandt C. Robinson, were held Friday at Naval Air Station North Island Chapel.
Taylor is the nephew of Richard B. Taylor of 1602 Shawnee Rd. and the son of a Lima native, retired Vice Adm. and Mrs. E. B. Taylor of Virginia Beach, Va.
Capt. Taylor was aboard a helicopter which developed engine trouble and crashed as it attempted to land on the cruiser Providence in the Gulf of Tonkin. Adm. Robinson, commander of a cruiser-destroyer flotilla in Tonkin Gulf, was killed in the helicopter crash, and Taylor was at first listed as missing.
Taylor, 40, was commissioned as an ensign June, 1953, and was named chief of staff for Flotilla II on Jan. 28, 1972.
A resident of Coronado, Calif., he is survived by his wife, Joan, and four children.
(published in The Lima News, Monday, May 15, 1972)
Navy Cross Citation
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander Edmund Battelle Taylor (NSN: 0-59453), United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the Destroyer U.S.S. DUNCAN (DD-485), during action against enemy Japanese naval forces off Savo Island during the Battle of Cape Esperance on the night of 11 - 12 October 1942. Although his ship had sustained heavy damage under hostile bombardment, Lieutenant Commander Taylor, by skillful maneuvering, successfully launched torpedoes which contributed to the destruction of a Japanese cruiser. Maintaining the guns of the DUNCAN in effective fire throughout the battle, he, when the vessel was finally put out of action, persistently employed to the fullest extent all possible measures to extinguish raging fires and control severe damage. His gallant leadership and courageous conduct under fire were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
Services Held For War Victim
Memorial services for Navy Capt. Edmund B. (Ted) Taylor Jr., chief of staff to Rear Adm. Rembrandt C. Robinson, were held Friday at Naval Air Station North Island Chapel.
Taylor is the nephew of Richard B. Taylor of 1602 Shawnee Rd. and the son of a Lima native, retired Vice Adm. and Mrs. E. B. Taylor of Virginia Beach, Va.
Capt. Taylor was aboard a helicopter which developed engine trouble and crashed as it attempted to land on the cruiser Providence in the Gulf of Tonkin. Adm. Robinson, commander of a cruiser-destroyer flotilla in Tonkin Gulf, was killed in the helicopter crash, and Taylor was at first listed as missing.
Taylor, 40, was commissioned as an ensign June, 1953, and was named chief of staff for Flotilla II on Jan. 28, 1972.
A resident of Coronado, Calif., he is survived by his wife, Joan, and four children.
(published in The Lima News, Monday, May 15, 1972)
Navy Cross Citation
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander Edmund Battelle Taylor (NSN: 0-59453), United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the Destroyer U.S.S. DUNCAN (DD-485), during action against enemy Japanese naval forces off Savo Island during the Battle of Cape Esperance on the night of 11 - 12 October 1942. Although his ship had sustained heavy damage under hostile bombardment, Lieutenant Commander Taylor, by skillful maneuvering, successfully launched torpedoes which contributed to the destruction of a Japanese cruiser. Maintaining the guns of the DUNCAN in effective fire throughout the battle, he, when the vessel was finally put out of action, persistently employed to the fullest extent all possible measures to extinguish raging fires and control severe damage. His gallant leadership and courageous conduct under fire were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
Memorial services for Navy Capt. Edmund B. (Ted) Taylor Jr., chief of staff to Rear Adm. Rembrandt C. Robinson, were held Friday at Naval Air Station North Island Chapel.
Taylor is the nephew of Richard B. Taylor of 1602 Shawnee Rd. and the son of a Lima native, retired Vice Adm. and Mrs. E. B. Taylor of Virginia Beach, Va.
Capt. Taylor was aboard a helicopter which developed engine trouble and crashed as it attempted to land on the cruiser Providence in the Gulf of Tonkin. Adm. Robinson, commander of a cruiser-destroyer flotilla in Tonkin Gulf, was killed in the helicopter crash, and Taylor was at first listed as missing.
Taylor, 40, was commissioned as an ensign June, 1953, and was named chief of staff for Flotilla II on Jan. 28, 1972.
A resident of Coronado, Calif., he is survived by his wife, Joan, and four children.
(published in The Lima News, Monday, May 15, 1972)
Navy Cross Citation
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander Edmund Battelle Taylor (NSN: 0-59453), United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the Destroyer U.S.S. DUNCAN (DD-485), during action against enemy Japanese naval forces off Savo Island during the Battle of Cape Esperance on the night of 11 - 12 October 1942. Although his ship had sustained heavy damage under hostile bombardment, Lieutenant Commander Taylor, by skillful maneuvering, successfully launched torpedoes which contributed to the destruction of a Japanese cruiser. Maintaining the guns of the DUNCAN in effective fire throughout the battle, he, when the vessel was finally put out of action, persistently employed to the fullest extent all possible measures to extinguish raging fires and control severe damage. His gallant leadership and courageous conduct under fire were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
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