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Personal info

Full name
GAYLE, Harold Newsom
Date of birth
10 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Livingston Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Istrouma, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38501053
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Trois-Ponts, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 3 15

Immediate family

Members
Alfred S. Gayle (father)
Mary E. Gayle (mother)
Living Gayle (brother)
Sidney E. Gayle (brother)
Edna L. Gayle (sister)

More information

Pvt Harold N. Gayle was killed by schrapnel in the chest.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle on 6 January 1945. After being disinterred and after the cemetery was given a permanent status, he was given his final resting place on 26 August 1948.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.om, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Jean Louis Vijgen