Irvin Earle Taylor | American Battle Monuments Commission

Korean War

Service #	17937A
Unit	80 FTR BOMB SQ 8 FTR BOMB GP
Rank	First Lieutenant U.S. Air Force
Date of Death	July 12 1951
Status	Missing In Action
Memorialized	Courts of the Missing Court 8 Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Memorial 2177 Puowaina Drive 96813-1729 HI United States

80 FTR BOMB SQ 8 FTR BOMB GP

Air Medal

Distinguished Flying Cross

Korean Service Medal

National Defense Service Medal

Purple Heart

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation

Republic of Korea War Service Medal

United Nations Service Medal

For his leadership and valor, First Lieutenant Taylor was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Notes

First Lieutenant Taylor was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 80th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter Bomber Group. On July 12, 1951, while on a combat mission in the Kunu-ri area of North Korea, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashed and burst into flames. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.