He was discharged in March 1992 at Camp Lejeune. His decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal and Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal. In Season 6 it was mentioned that he served in the Gulf War and he is shown wearing the Southwest Asia Service Medal, although he himself has never spoken of the deployment. He was a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion 8th Marines during the peacekeeping mission to Beirut, Lebanon. Mac followed in his father's footsteps into the military and served in the United States Marine Corps. Even as a child, he dressed up in fatigues and pretended to be a soldier rather than a superhero. He once said that he had wanted to serve his country more than anything else in the world. It was stated that Mac greatly admired his father and was influenced to join the military and go into law enforcement by him. After her death, Mac got rid of everything that reminded him of her, except pictures and a beach ball she had blown up, saying, "Her breath is still in there." Her remains were never recovered from the debris of the World Trade Center. Claire was killed in the September 11 attacks and her death troubles and pains him to this day, causing chronic insomnia. Mac once described Claire as 5'6", athletic, with light brown hair and big blue eyes. They married not long before Mac's father died, presumably during the late 1980s and the couple had no children, though Claire had a child named Reed Garrett from a previous relationship, whom she had since put up for adoption. Mac was married to New York City native Claire Conrad. However, when his father begged him to pull the plug, Mac couldn’t do it. As a result, Mac has come to believe strongly in a person’s right to a dignified death.
Mac's father died of small-cell lung cancer and spent the last eight months of his life in bed on a feeding tube. In the final episode of season 8 Mac was revealed to have Welsh heritage, and has the middle name Llewellyn. In a taped interview, an elderly Holocaust survivor recounts how Mac's father, then a young Private, restored his dignity and even offered him a candy bar.Īfter being demobilized, Mac's father worked as a mechanic in the South Side of Chicago, where Mac was raised. The elder Taylor served in the United States Army during World War II as a member of the 6th Armored Division, which liberated the concentration camp Buchenwald. Background and Familyīorn McCanna Llewellyn Taylor, Mac is the son of McCanna Boyd Taylor and Millie (maiden name unknown). Mac appeared in 200 episodes of the CSI franchise. Portrayed by Gary Sinise, Mac is the Director of the NYPD Crime Lab and the Supervisor of the NYPD CSI team. Detective Mac Taylor is a fictional character and the co-protagonist of the CBS crime drama CSI: NY.
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