TAYLOR-KEITH
KEITH EDWARD TAYLOR
GERMANY 2000
Deceased
01/29/2005
Rate/Rank
LCDR (SC)
LCDR (SC)
Service Branch
USN 6/1975 - 1/2005
Born
12/21/1957
TUCSON, AZ
KILLED IN ACTION IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ.
IRAQ DETACHMENT, COMMANDER, U.S. NAVAL FORCES, CENTRAL COMMAND
FLEET INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CENTER, SAN DIEGO, CA
OPERATION JOINT FORGE/GUARDIAN OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY
PURPLE HEART * BRONZE STAR
JOINT SERVICE COMMENDATION MEDAL WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER * JOINT SERVICE ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL
NAVY & MARINE CORPS ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL WITH 1 STAR * JOINT SERVICE MERITORIOUS UNIT AWARD
NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL * NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL WITH 1 STAR
ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL * KOSOVO SERVICE MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE STAR
IRAQ CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE STAR * GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL
GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM SERVICE MEDAL * ARMED FORCES SERVICE MEDAL
MILITARY OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL
NAVY SEA SERVICE DEPLOYMENT RIBBON
NAVY & MARINE CORPS OVERSEAS SERVICE RIBBON WITH 2 STARS
ARMED FORCES RESERVE MEDAL WITH SILVER HOURGLASS & M DEVICE
NATO-YUGOSLAVIA MEDAL
SURFACE WARFARE OFFICER BADGE
From the Associated Press:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Navy sailor who lived in Jacksonville before joining the military was killed in an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, the Department of Defense said. Navy LCDR Keith E. Taylor, 47, died Saturday when a rocket hit an office at the embassy in Baghdad, a Department of Defense news release stated Monday.Taylor was assigned to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Central Command, Iraq Detachment, the release said.Taylor lived in Irvine, Calif., but grew up in Jacksonville. He graduated from Sandalwood High School in 1975 before joining the Navy.Taylor had five weeks left on a six-month deployment. He is survived by a wife and three children, according to First Coast News.