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Personal info

Full name
LYLE, Carey Elbridge
Date of birth
26 November 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Martinez, Columbia County, Georgia
Hometown
Fayette County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
O1043409
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
155th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 4 19

Immediate family

Members
Robert T. Lyle Sr. (father)
Mary E. (Shannon) Lyle (mother)
Robert T. Lyle Jr. (brother)
Frank G. Lyle (brother)
Mary E. Lyle (sister)
Joe G. Lyle (brother)
Edwin P. Lyle (brother)

More information

Capt Carey E. Lyle enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 11 January 1942.
He graduated from Henry Clay High School and served as secretary-treasurer for the Perry Lumber Company.
He was wounded on 6 January 1945 at the Battle of the Bulge.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.findagrave.com – MA Tuley
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Lexington Herald-Leader - 6 February 1945, Lexington Herald - 6 February 1945