Taylor Force was a 29 year old American graduate student at Vanderbilt University. He hailed from Lubbock, Texas.

He was a member of the Boy Scouts of America.

In 2005 he graduated high school from New Mexico Military Institute where he was a student of the National Honor Society.

He also served in the U.S. Army from May 2009 to August 2014, where he was a Field Artillery Officer.

Force graduated from United States Military Academy - West Point in 2009, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Industrial Management.

At Vanderbilt University he was enrolled in the Owen Graduate School of Management. He was in the 2017 class.

On March 8, 2016, he tragically lost his life.

He was the victim of a stabbing attack that took place in Jaffa, Israel.

Before his death he was studying abroad in Israel to expand his understanding of global entrepreneurship and to share his knowledge with start-ups in Israel.