(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jacob Taylor, 8, decides to keep all the bits and pieces of the small curtain that covered his late father's name, Major Brent Taylor now added to the Wilkinson Student Center Reflection RoomÕs Memorial Wall at Brigham Young University on Thursday, May 23, 2019. The former mayor of North Ogden and a BYU Army ROTC alumnus who was killed in Afghanistan in 2018, was honored by the BYU Army ROTC who added his name to the list of 211 who have died in service.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Major Brent Taylor's mother Tammy Taylor and her son Matthew, Brent's older brother, are moved by the vocal trio Gentri as they perform "One" as Brigham Young University honors the life and legacy of Major Brent Taylor, former mayor of North Ogden and a BYU Army ROTC alumnus during a ceremony at the Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center in Provo on Thursday, May 23, 2019. The BYU Army ROTC updated their Memorial Wall, now containing 211 names of BYU students and alumni who have died in service.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jennie Taylor speaks with Major General Jefferson Burton before Brigham Young University honored the life and legacy of Jennie's husband, Major Brent Taylor, former mayor of North Ogden and a BYU Army ROTC alumnus who died overseas in 2018, during a ceremony at the Wilkinson Student Center Reflection Room in Provo on Thursday, May 23, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Alex Taylor, 9, attends a special service for his late father Major Brent Taylor as Brigham Young University honors the life and legacy of the former mayor of North Ogden and a BYU Army ROTC alumnus during a ceremony at the Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center in Provo on Thursday, May 23, 2019. The BYU Army ROTC unveiled the updated Memorial Wall, a list containing 211 BYU students and alumni who have in service which will now include Major TaylorÕs name.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jennie Taylor, wife of Major Brent Taylor who was killed in action overseas in 2018, announces the new Brent and Jennie Family Endowed Scholarship, awarded each year to an undergraduate political science student at BYU. Brigham Young University honored the life and legacy of Major Brent Taylor, former mayor of North Ogden and a BYU Army ROTC alumnus during a ceremony at the Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center in Provo on Thursday, May 23, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The vocal trio Gentri perform "One" as Brigham Young University honors the life and legacy of Major Brent Taylor, former mayor of North Ogden and a BYU Army ROTC alumnus during a ceremony at the Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center in Provo on Thursday, May 23, 2019. The BYU Army ROTC also unveiled the updated Memorial Wall, a list of BYU students and alumni who have died service which will now include Major TaylorÕs name.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jennie Taylor listens to the vocal trio Gentri sing the National Anthem as Brigham Young University honors the life and legacy of her husband, Major Brent Taylor, former mayor of North Ogden and a BYU Army ROTC alumnus during a ceremony at the Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center in Provo on Thursday, May 23, 2019. The BYU Army ROTC unveiled the updated Memorial Wall, a list of BYU students and alumni who have died in service which will now include Maj. Taylor's name.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Brigham Young University honors the life and legacy of Major Brent Taylor, former mayor of North Ogden and a BYU Army ROTC alumnus during a ceremony at the Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center in Provo on Thursday, May 23, 2019. The BYU Army ROTC unveiled the updated Memorial Wall, a list of BYU students and alumni who have died in service and now contains Major Brent Taylor's name.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Major Brent Taylor's children Eleanor, 6, Jacob, 8, and Alex, 9, unveil their late father's name now added to the Wilkinson Student Center Reflection Room's Memorial Wall at Brigham Young University during a ceremony on Thursday, May 23, 2019. Major Brent Taylor, former mayor of North Ogden and a BYU Army ROTC alumnus who was killed in Afghanistan in 2018, was honored by the BYU Army ROTC as his name joins the list of BYU students and alumni who have died in service.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Brigham Young University honors the life and legacy of Major Brent Taylor, former mayor of North Ogden and a BYU Army ROTC alumnus during a ceremony at the Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center in Provo on Thursday, May 23, 2019. The BYU Army ROTC unveiled the updated Memorial Wall, a list of BYU students and alumni who have died in service.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox embraces Jenny Taylor following a service at Brigham Young University that honors the life and legacy of her husband, Major Brent Taylor, former mayor of North Ogden and a BYU Army ROTC alumnus during a ceremony at the Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center in Provo on Thursday, May 23, 2019. The BYU Army ROTC unveiled the updated Memorial Wall, a list of BYU students and alumni who have died in service which will now include Major TaylorÕs name.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jennie Taylor embraces his son Lincoln, 12, as they listen to the musical vocal trio Gentri perform "One" as Brigham Young University honors the life and legacy of Major Brent Taylor, former mayor of North Ogden and a BYU Army ROTC alumnus during a ceremony at the Wilkinson Student Center Reflection RoomÕs Memorial Wall in Provo on Thursday, May 23, 2019. The BYU Army ROTC also unveiled the updated Memorial Wall, a list of BYU students and alumni who have in service which now includes Major TaylorÕs name.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kate Taylor Borden, sister of Jennie Taylor, embraces her niece Eleanor Taylor, 6, as she attends a service for her former brother-in-law, Brent Taylor who was killed in Afghanistan in 2018. Brigham Young University honored the life and legacy of Major Brent Taylor, former mayor of North Ogden and a BYU Army ROTC alumnus during a ceremony at the Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center in Provo on Thursday, May 23, 2019. The BYU Army ROTC also unveiled the updated Memorial Wall, a list of BYU students and alumni who have died in service which will now include Major TaylorÕs name.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jennie Taylor is joined by her seven children as they gather for family photographs against the Student Center Reflection Room Memorial Wall as Brigham Young University honors the life and legacy of Major Brent Taylor who was killed in Afghanistan in 2018. The former mayor of North Ogden and a BYU Army ROTC alumnus was honored by the BYU Army ROTC who added his name to the list of 211 who have died in service.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jennie Taylor, center, is embraced by friends Becky Bybee and her husband Brenn following a ceremony at Brigham Young University that honored the life and legacy of Jennie's husband, Major Brent Taylor, former mayor of North Ogden and a BYU Army ROTC alumnus during a ceremony at the Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center in Provo on Thursday, May 23, 2019. The BYU Army ROTC also unveiled the updated Memorial Wall, a list of BYU students and alumni who have died in service which will now include Major Taylor's name.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Brigham Young University honors the life and legacy of Major Brent Taylor, former mayor of North Ogden and a BYU Army ROTC alumnus during a ceremony at the Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center in Provo on Thursday, May 23, 2019 as his name remains temporarily covered before being unveiled by his young children.
Brigham Young University honored the life and legacy of Maj. Brent Taylor, former mayor of North Ogden and a BYU Army ROTC alumnus, during a ceremony at the Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center in Provo on Thursday.
Taylor, 39, was killed Nov. 3 while training an Afghan Army commando battalion near Kabul. He was on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan and fourth deployment of his 10-year military career.
The BYU Army ROTC unveiled the updated Memorial Wall — a list of BYU students and alumni who have died in service — which will now include Taylor’s name.
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