Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune Veterans, family members of active and retired military and patriotic supporters celebrated Veteran's Day at the Barker Park amphitheater in North Ogden with a memorial for North Ogden's hometown hero Army Major Brent Russell Taylor, who was killed in action on November 3, 2018, while training an Afghan Army commando battalion in Afghanistan.
Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune Veterans, family members of active and retired military and patriotic supporters celebrated Veteran's Day at the Barker Park amphitheater in North Ogden with a memorial for North Ogden's hometown hero Army Major Brent Russell Taylor, who was killed in action on November 3, 2018, while training an Afghan Army commando battalion in Afghanistan.
Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune Veterans, family members of active and retired military and patriotic supporters celebrated Veteran's Day at the Barker Park amphitheater in North Ogden with a memorial for North Ogden's hometown hero Army Major Brent Russell Taylor, who was killed in action on November 3, 2018, while training an Afghan Army commando battalion in Afghanistan.
Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune Veterans, family members of active and retired military and patriotic supporters celebrated Veteran's Day at the Barker Park amphitheater in North Ogden with a memorial for North Ogden's hometown hero Army Major Brent Russell Taylor, who was killed in action on November 3, 2018, while training an Afghan Army commando battalion in Afghanistan.
Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune Jennie Taylor, wife of Army Major Brent Russell Taylor gets a hug from a family member after the ceremony, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. Veterans, family members of active and retired military and patriotic supporters celebrated Veteran's Day at the Barker Park amphitheater in North Ogden with a memorial for North Ogden's hometown hero Army Major Brent Russell Taylor, who was killed in action on November 3, 2018, while training an Afghan Army commando battalion in Afghanistan.
Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune Veterans, family members of active and retired military and patriotic supporters celebrated Veteran's Day at the Barker Park amphitheater in North Ogden with a memorial for North Ogden's hometown hero Army Major Brent Russell Taylor, who was killed in action on November 3, 2018, while training an Afghan Army commando battalion in Afghanistan.
Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune l-r SSG Denis Walter, Ret. pays his respects to Jennie Taylor, wife of Army Major Brent Russell Taylor after the ceremony. Veterans, family members of active and retired military and patriotic supporters celebrated Veteran's Day at the Barker Park amphitheater in North Ogden with a memorial for North Ogden's hometown hero Army Major Brent Russell Taylor, who was killed in action on November 3, 2018, while training an Afghan Army commando battalion in Afghanistan.
Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune Veterans, family members of active and retired military and patriotic supporters celebrated Veteran's Day at the Barker Park amphitheater in North Ogden with a memorial for North Ogden's hometown hero Army Major Brent Russell Taylor, who was killed in action on November 3, 2018, while training an Afghan Army commando battalion in Afghanistan.
Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune Armed Forces veterans fold a gigantic American Flag during the ceremony. Veterans, family members of active and retired military and patriotic supporters celebrated Veteran's Day at the Barker Park amphitheater in North Ogden with a memorial for North Ogden's hometown hero Army Major Brent Russell Taylor, who was killed in action on November 3, 2018, while training an Afghan Army commando battalion in Afghanistan.
Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune Veterans, family members of active and retired military and patriotic supporters celebrated Veteran's Day at the Barker Park amphitheater in North Ogden with a memorial for North Ogden's hometown hero Army Major Brent Russell Taylor, who was killed in action on November 3, 2018, while training an Afghan Army commando battalion in Afghanistan.
Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune A gigantic American flag named "Betsy" flies above North Ogden during the Veteran's Day ceremony. Veterans, family members of active and retired military and patriotic supporters celebrated Veteran's Day at the Barker Park amphitheater in North Ogden with a memorial for North Ogden's hometown hero Army Major Brent Russell Taylor, who was killed in action on November 3, 2018, while training an Afghan Army commando battalion in Afghanistan.
Hundreds gathered at Barker Park in North Ogden to remember Brent Taylor, who was mayor of the city for four years and killed in Afghanistan last week while serving as a major in the National Guard.
Taylor, 39, was killed last Saturday while training an Afghan Army commando battalion near Kabul. Taylor was deployed to Afghanistan in January on what was his second tour there and fourth deployment of his 10-year military career.
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