Taggart, Robert D.

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Robert Dorsett Taggart was born on July 16, 1926, in New York City, New York, to Carolyn H Dorsett and William Rush Taggart. In Rye his family lived on Sunset Lane and were members of the Presbyterian Church. Robert graduated St. Paul’s School in 1944

After graduation he enlisted August 24, 1944 and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He served with the 302nd Infantry Regiment, a key combat unit of the 94th Infantry Division, serving as part of General George S. Patton’s Third Army in the European Theater of Operations.

The regiment was activated for WWII on September 15, 1942, at Fort Custer, Michigan. The unit deployed to Europe aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth and landed at Utah Beach on September 8, 1944. Initially, the regiment was tasked with containing German “fortress” ports in Brittany, France, which remained under enemy control long after D-Day.

In early 1945, the 302nd moved into heavy combat in the Saar-Moselle Triangle. They were involved in fierce winter battles to break the Siegfried Line (West Wall), specifically in areas like Campholz Woods and the town of Nennig. The regiment participated in the final push into Germany, crossing the Rhine and eventually assuming military government duties in cities like D├╝sseldorf after the German surrender.

Robert was honorably discharged July 3, 1946 and returned home to Rye. He went back to school and graduated Harvard University, class of 1950.

Robert joined the Bank of New York in
1950 and became assistant treasurer in 1957. In 1961 he was appointed an assistant vice president assigned to the credit department of the bank. By 1973 he had risen to senior vice-president of the bank.

He married Anna Margueste McCann, senior research associate in the Greek and Roman department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, on December 21,1973. The ceremony was performed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Preston Jr.

in Wellesley, Mass., the bride’s brother – in – law and sister, in front of a floor-length window in the center of which hung a stained glass medallion made by the late Rush Taggart, father of the bridegroom, formerly of Rye.

After his retirement from the bank he spent many happy years with his wife in Vermont.

Robert Dorsett Taggert died May 7, 2016 in New Canaan, CT and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery. He was pre-deceased by his brother Rush Taggert Jr.

Name: Robert Dorsett Taggert
Race: White
Age: 18
Birth Date: 16 Jul 1926
Birth Place: New York, New York
Residence Place: Rye, West, New York
Registration Date: 17 Jul 1944
Registration Place: Mamaroneck, New York, USA
Employer: None
Weight: 185
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 6-4 In
Next of Kin: Rush Taggart

Name: Robert Dorsett Taggart
Birth Date: 1926
Death Date: May 7, 2016
Cemetery: Lakeview Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America

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