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Personal info

Full name
PYLE, George Thomas
Date of birth
3 February 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Wynnewood, Garvin County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Eva, Texas County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38697805
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 April 1945
Place of death
Siegen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 4 16

Immediate family

Members
John M. Pyle (father)
Minnie A. (Buchanan) Pyle (mother)
Norene M. Pyle (sister)
Almer P. B. Pyle (sister)
Willie J. Pyle (brother)
Leeila K. (Hart) Pyle (wife)
George T. Pyle Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt George T. Pyle attended high school in Wynnewood.

He enlisted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 24 April 1944 and was sent overseas in February 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com - Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 24, 1946. No. 3, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Family Trees, WWII Draft Cards, Arizona Death Records

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Joe Don Baker