in addition to his wife, jennie, major taylor is survived by seven children, gan, lincoln, alex, jacob, elliejonathan, and caroline. he's also survived by his parents and several siblings. in letters to his wife, jennie, and his children, his comrade, afghan air force major abdul raman, said of major taylor, he died on our soil but he died for the success of freedom and democracy in both of our countries. your father was a loving, caring, and compassionate man whose life just wasn't meaningful, it was inspirational. in his last message to his community on october 28, 2018, major taylor wrote, and i quote, it was beautiful to see over four million afghan men and women brave threats and deadly attacks to vote in afghanistan's first parliamentary elections in eight years. many american, nato allies, and afghan troops have died to make moments like this possible. as the u.s. gets -- as the u.s.a. gets ready to vote in our own election next week, i hope everyone back home exercises their precious right to vote, end quote. he also further wrote, and that, whether the republicans or the democrats wi