Robert M. Taylor

Robert M. Taylor
Personal details
Birth name	Robert Malichi Taylor
Born	15 September 1905 Clarksville, Arkansas
Died	3 August 1996
Nativity	United States
Religion	Protestant
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Arm / service	Infantry
ASN	0263872
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Rank at Ritchie	Major
Camp Ritchie	Class 9 (21 June – 18 August 1943)
Section	1A

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Robert M. Taylor (15 September 1905 – 3 August 1996) was a United States Army officer who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 9 and served in the Aleutian campaign.

Biography

Robert M. Taylor, son of Lillie Gray and James Mack Taylor of Clarksville, Arkansas, was born there on 15 September 1905. He graduated from Clarksville High School and attended the College of the Ozarks.

Taylor entered military service on 23 December 1940 as company commander of Company E, 153rd Infantry, Arkansas National Guard. He trained at Camp Robinson, Arkansas, and at Camp Ritchie (Class 9), becoming an intelligence officer. On 2 March 1942 his unit went to Fort Glenn on Umnak Island, Alaska; he remained overseas more than thirty-three months, seeing action in the Aleutian campaign and later serving on Adak Island.

Released from active duty at the Army and Navy General Hospital at Hot Springs on 6 April 1946, he held the American Defense Service Ribbon, the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with one battle star, the American Theater Ribbon, and the Victory Ribbon. Taylor died on 3 August 1996.

Research notes

• Find a Grave expands middle name to Malichi; retained as alias. Campaign ribbons noted in prose; no separate awards_grid without confirming ribbon asset names beyond American Defense / APC / WWII.

Gallery

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  Robert M. Taylor in Army officer uniform (RB Archive)
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  Robert M. Taylor biographical sketch (RB Archive)

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Class_ASN	263872
Class_Name	TAYLOR, Robert M.
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• 15 September 1905 — Born in Clarksville, Arkansas.
• 23 December 1940 — Entered service as company commander, Co. E, 153rd Infantry (Arkansas National Guard).
• Class 9 — Trained at Camp Ritchie as an intelligence officer.
• 2 March 1942 — Deployed to Fort Glenn, Umnak Island, Alaska; later Adak; Aleutian campaign.
• 6 April 1946 — Released from active duty at Hot Springs, Arkansas.
• 3 August 1996 — Died.

Sources

• Robert M. Taylor biographical sketch (RB Archive)
• Robert M. Taylor in Army officer uniform (RB Archive)
• Find a Grave memorial for Robert Malichi Taylor
• RB Archive biographical sketch, Lt. Col. Robert M. Taylor packet
• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2023-02-13 (1 post)