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Personal info

Full name
AYRES, Gordon Wylie
Date of birth
22 March 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Swissvale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Swissvale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13129329
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Heiderscheid, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 9 37

Immediate family

Members
George L. Ayres (father)
Jennie B. Ayres (mother)
Virginia E. Ayres (sister)
Helen L. Ayres (sister)
Violet Ayres (sister)
Ralph C. Ayres (brother)
Dorothy Ayres (sister)
Donald Ayres (brother)
Francis Ayres (brother)
Robert Ayres (brother)
Tolva J. (Wagner) Ayres (wife)

More information

Pfc Gordon W. Ayres attended high school for three years and was a chauffeur, employed by the Swissvale Public School before he enlisted.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States on 6 October 1942 and was sent overseas on 1 July 1944.

In October 1944 he was wounded by artillery shell fragments in his shoulder.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – LuxAmCem / Larry Lovejoy