PFC US Army
Company C, 38th Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division
He resided in the District of Columbia prior to the war, employed as a filling station attendant. He was married and the father of 4 children. He enlisted in the Army in December 1943 at Fort Myer, VA.
He was killed in action in Belgium. Among his military awards and decorations were the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Belgium and was later repatriated to Arlington National Cemetery on April 25, 1951.
His youngest son, whom he never met, is interred next to him, having died while in the service of the US Air Force.
A cousin who was KIA in Germany during WWII, SGT Eugene T Tayman USA , is also buried at Arlington National Cemetery. SGT Tayman's brother, PFC George Morton Tayman USA, another of PFC George HR Tayman's cousins, was also killed during WWII and is interred in MD.
From The Evening Star, Washington, DC, Saturday December 2, 1944:
Pfc. George H. Tayman, 31, was wounded in action in France, September 10, but since has returned to active duty, the War Department has notified his wife, Mrs. Helen
Tayman, 5117 T street, Bradbury Helghts. The son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Tayman of Upper Marlboro, Sergt, Tayman was an attendant at a gasoline station in Washington before he entered the Army last December. He has been overseas since July. The father of five children, he has not seen his youngest, Donald Albert, who was bom four days before his father was wounded.
From The Evening Star, Washington, DC, Saturday, January 13, 1945:
Pfc. George H. Tayman, 31, has been missing in Germany since De cember 17, the War Department has notified his wife, Mrs. Helen Tay man, 5117 T street, Bradbury Heights. An infantryman, he previously was wounded twice in France, on August 10 and on September 13. The son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Tayman of Upper Marlboro, Md., Pfc. Tayman was an attendant at a gasoline station in Washington be fore he entered the Army in December, 1943. He and Mrs. Tayman have five children.
From The Evening Star, Washington, DC, Friday April 6, 1945:
Maryland Family Gets Army Notice Of Fifth Casualty
An Allentown (Md.) family recently received its fifth notice that a member of the family is a war casualty, it was learned today. Two brothers were killed, one was wounded, another is on his way home from the Pacific with a tropical fever and a brother-in-law has j been wounded. The brothers and their sister all were reared by their uncle, George Taylor, Prince Georges County farmer.
The family casualties are:
Pfc. George M. Tayman, 32, killed in France last August.
Sergt. Eugene T. Tayman, 23, killed in Germany in February.
Pfc. Seabrooke C. Tayman, 23 (twin brother to Eugene), now home on leave after being wounded in France.
Sergt. Kenneth Taylor, 30. whose wife, Mrs. Mary Ellen Taylor, is a sister of the Tayman brothers, wrounded in Germany recently.
Corpl. John Thomas Tayman, 26, now on his way home from the South Pacific.
Stories about the Tayman brothers have appeared in the Honor Roll. Their father is B. M. Tayman, Upper Marlboro.
PFC US Army
Company C, 38th Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division
He resided in the District of Columbia prior to the war, employed as a filling station attendant. He was married and the father of 4 children. He enlisted in the Army in December 1943 at Fort Myer, VA.
He was killed in action in Belgium. Among his military awards and decorations were the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Belgium and was later repatriated to Arlington National Cemetery on April 25, 1951.
His youngest son, whom he never met, is interred next to him, having died while in the service of the US Air Force.
A cousin who was KIA in Germany during WWII, SGT Eugene T Tayman USA , is also buried at Arlington National Cemetery. SGT Tayman's brother, PFC George Morton Tayman USA, another of PFC George HR Tayman's cousins, was also killed during WWII and is interred in MD.
From The Evening Star, Washington, DC, Saturday December 2, 1944:
Pfc. George H. Tayman, 31, was wounded in action in France, September 10, but since has returned to active duty, the War Department has notified his wife, Mrs. Helen
Tayman, 5117 T street, Bradbury Helghts. The son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Tayman of Upper Marlboro, Sergt, Tayman was an attendant at a gasoline station in Washington before he entered the Army last December. He has been overseas since July. The father of five children, he has not seen his youngest, Donald Albert, who was bom four days before his father was wounded.
From The Evening Star, Washington, DC, Saturday, January 13, 1945:
Pfc. George H. Tayman, 31, has been missing in Germany since De cember 17, the War Department has notified his wife, Mrs. Helen Tay man, 5117 T street, Bradbury Heights. An infantryman, he previously was wounded twice in France, on August 10 and on September 13. The son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Tayman of Upper Marlboro, Md., Pfc. Tayman was an attendant at a gasoline station in Washington be fore he entered the Army in December, 1943. He and Mrs. Tayman have five children.
From The Evening Star, Washington, DC, Friday April 6, 1945:
Maryland Family Gets Army Notice Of Fifth Casualty
An Allentown (Md.) family recently received its fifth notice that a member of the family is a war casualty, it was learned today. Two brothers were killed, one was wounded, another is on his way home from the Pacific with a tropical fever and a brother-in-law has j been wounded. The brothers and their sister all were reared by their uncle, George Taylor, Prince Georges County farmer.
The family casualties are:
Pfc. George M. Tayman, 32, killed in France last August.
Sergt. Eugene T. Tayman, 23, killed in Germany in February.
Pfc. Seabrooke C. Tayman, 23 (twin brother to Eugene), now home on leave after being wounded in France.
Sergt. Kenneth Taylor, 30. whose wife, Mrs. Mary Ellen Taylor, is a sister of the Tayman brothers, wrounded in Germany recently.
Corpl. John Thomas Tayman, 26, now on his way home from the South Pacific.
Stories about the Tayman brothers have appeared in the Honor Roll. Their father is B. M. Tayman, Upper Marlboro.
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