Before Army Maj. Mark D. Taylor deployed to Iraq in August, he put a set of dog tags around his 6-year-old son Connor's neck and told the boy, "Wear them until Daddy comes home."
"The little boy has never taken them off," said Taylor's mother, Roberta Taylor.The boy's 41-year-old father was killed March 20 when a rocket hit his living area in Fallouja. Taylor was a surgeon assigned to the 782nd Main Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.
Taylor was born in Stockton, where he attended Lincoln High School. His mother described him as a gentle soul who volunteered at St. Joseph's Medical Center as a member of DeMolay, a Masonic youth group.Taylor interned at Madigan Army Medical Center at Ft. Lewis, Wash., and, while on deferment from the Army, did a five-year surgery residency at UC Irvine Medical Center.Taylor first served in Kuwait and Iraq from February to May 2003 and was redeployed in August. His work entailed setting up hospital tents and treating soldiers and civilians. "He told us recently that this Iraqi woman, six months pregnant, had been shot and he operated on her," his mother said. "He operated on little kids. He was very proud of what he was doing."
"The little boy has never taken them off," said Taylor's mother, Roberta Taylor.The boy's 41-year-old father was killed March 20 when a rocket hit his living area in Fallouja. Taylor was a surgeon assigned to the 782nd Main Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.
Taylor was born in Stockton, where he attended Lincoln High School. His mother described him as a gentle soul who volunteered at St. Joseph's Medical Center as a member of DeMolay, a Masonic youth group.Taylor interned at Madigan Army Medical Center at Ft. Lewis, Wash., and, while on deferment from the Army, did a five-year surgery residency at UC Irvine Medical Center.Taylor first served in Kuwait and Iraq from February to May 2003 and was redeployed in August. His work entailed setting up hospital tents and treating soldiers and civilians. "He told us recently that this Iraqi woman, six months pregnant, had been shot and he operated on her," his mother said. "He operated on little kids. He was very proud of what he was doing."
Before Army Maj. Mark D. Taylor deployed to Iraq in August, he put a set of dog tags around his 6-year-old son Connor's neck and told the boy, "Wear them until Daddy comes home."
"The little boy has never taken them off," said Taylor's mother, Roberta Taylor.The boy's 41-year-old father was killed March 20 when a rocket hit his living area in Fallouja. Taylor was a surgeon assigned to the 782nd Main Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.
Taylor was born in Stockton, where he attended Lincoln High School. His mother described him as a gentle soul who volunteered at St. Joseph's Medical Center as a member of DeMolay, a Masonic youth group.Taylor interned at Madigan Army Medical Center at Ft. Lewis, Wash., and, while on deferment from the Army, did a five-year surgery residency at UC Irvine Medical Center.Taylor first served in Kuwait and Iraq from February to May 2003 and was redeployed in August. His work entailed setting up hospital tents and treating soldiers and civilians. "He told us recently that this Iraqi woman, six months pregnant, had been shot and he operated on her," his mother said. "He operated on little kids. He was very proud of what he was doing."
"The little boy has never taken them off," said Taylor's mother, Roberta Taylor.The boy's 41-year-old father was killed March 20 when a rocket hit his living area in Fallouja. Taylor was a surgeon assigned to the 782nd Main Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.
Taylor was born in Stockton, where he attended Lincoln High School. His mother described him as a gentle soul who volunteered at St. Joseph's Medical Center as a member of DeMolay, a Masonic youth group.Taylor interned at Madigan Army Medical Center at Ft. Lewis, Wash., and, while on deferment from the Army, did a five-year surgery residency at UC Irvine Medical Center.Taylor first served in Kuwait and Iraq from February to May 2003 and was redeployed in August. His work entailed setting up hospital tents and treating soldiers and civilians. "He told us recently that this Iraqi woman, six months pregnant, had been shot and he operated on her," his mother said. "He operated on little kids. He was very proud of what he was doing."
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