MS HC32

Honors James Henry Taylor of Olive Branch, Mississippi, who died on Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, which disappeared on March 16, 1962, with 93 U.S. Army soldiers and 11 civilian crew members aboard.

Recognizes a new granite monument in Columbia Falls, Maine, unveiled by Wreaths Across America, displaying the names of all 104 men lost on the flight, including Taylor.

Acknowledges Taylor's life as a devoted husband, father, and aspiring Presbyterian minister who left behind a wife (Deanna) and two young children when he deployed on the secret mission to Vietnam.

Notes efforts to add the names of Flight 739 victims to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. and the emotional healing the monument dedication provided to families like Taylor's.