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- Birth
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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
- Death
- 26 Aug 2021 (aged 31)
Kabul, Afghanistan
- Burial
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Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 38.8764125, Longitude: -77.0625962
- Plot
- Section 60, Grave 11951
- Memorial ID
- 231629278 View Source
of Salt Lake City, UT
July 24, 1990 - August 26, 2021
A memorial vigil will be held in honor of United States Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Taylor Hoover on Friday, September 3, 2021, at the Marion Performing Arts Center / Marion High School in Marion, Arkansas, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Graveside services, full military honors, and burial will be held in later days at Arlington National Cemetery.
His military occupational specialty was 0369, infantry unit leader.
His awards and decorations include the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Certificate of Commendation (Individual), Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Letter of Appreciation, Meritorious Mast, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, NATO Medal-ISAF Afghanistan, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. Additional awards pending approval may include Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon and Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, according to a 1st Marine Division press release.∼Via Reuters; Staff Sergeant Hoover was a born leader, his father Darin Hoover said, who loved the United States and was on his third tour of Afghanistan. " He led his men into that, and they followed him , but I know- I know in my heart of hearts, he was out front," Mr. Hoover said. "And they would've have followed him through the gates of hell if that's what it took, and ultimately, that's pretty much what he did."
Thanks to LaDaina #47073144.
of Salt Lake City, UT
July 24, 1990 - August 26, 2021
A memorial vigil will be held in honor of United States Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Taylor Hoover on Friday, September 3, 2021, at the Marion Performing Arts Center / Marion High School in Marion, Arkansas, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Graveside services, full military honors, and burial will be held in later days at Arlington National Cemetery.
His military occupational specialty was 0369, infantry unit leader.
His awards and decorations include the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Certificate of Commendation (Individual), Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Letter of Appreciation, Meritorious Mast, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, NATO Medal-ISAF Afghanistan, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. Additional awards pending approval may include Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon and Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, according to a 1st Marine Division press release.∼Via Reuters; Staff Sergeant Hoover was a born leader, his father Darin Hoover said, who loved the United States and was on his third tour of Afghanistan. " He led his men into that, and they followed him , but I know- I know in my heart of hearts, he was out front," Mr. Hoover said. "And they would've have followed him through the gates of hell if that's what it took, and ultimately, that's pretty much what he did."
Thanks to LaDaina #47073144.
- Created by: Ken and Sheila
- Added: Sep 3, 2021
- Find a Grave Memorial ID:
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231629278/darin_taylor-hoover: accessed ), memorial page for SSgt Darin Taylor Hoover Jr. (24 Jul 1990–26 Aug 2021), Find a Grave Memorial ID 231629278, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Ken and Sheila (contributor 47358794).