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Personal info

Full name
MAYLES, Deward Archie
Date of birth
6 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Athens County, Ohio
Hometown
Athens County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35754324
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Sniper
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 20 19

Immediate family

Members
Leroy W. Mayles (father)
Delta L. (Keirns) Mayles (mother)
Martin Mayles (brother)
Nellie F. Mayles (sister)
Mildred L. Mayles (sister)
Ojae Mayles (sister)
Opal E. Mayles (sister)
Josephine G. Mayles (sister)
Ruth M. Mayles (sister)
Bernice R. Mayles (sister)
Charlotte C. Mayles (sister)
Delbert L. Mayles (brother)
Maxine M. Mayles (sister)
Betty L. Mayles (sister)
Phyllis J. Mayles (sister)
Glenna G. (Downey) Mayles (wife)

More information

Pfc Deward A. Mayles worked on a farm before he enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 11 May 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

He is remembered at the Hilltrop Cemetery in Millfield, Athens County, Ohio.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Phyllis J. Bennett, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Krahn Harbison Family Tree / 1920 Census, http://www.90thdivisionassociation.org, www.findagrave.com - Donna White
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - WWII Young American Patriots, www.findagrave.com - Len / Donna White