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Personal info

Full name
FAILE, Voyd Lee
Date of birth
10 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
South Carolina
Hometown
Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
20406482
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 1 52

Immediate family

Members
Shelley R. Faile (father)
Mamie E. Faile (mother)
Marjorie Faile (sister)
Lawrence Faile (brother)
Shelley Faile (brother)
Frances Faile (sister)
Donald Faile (brother)

More information

Sgt Voyd L. Faile enlisted in Fort Mill, South Carolina on 19 September 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, WW2-Airborne.us, NARA, www.wwiimemorial.com

Photo source: David Faile, Pictures attached were obtained from family members, Peter Schouteten