Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- 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
Personal info
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