Gayle, Harold Newton

Rank and Name, Private Harold Newton Gayle.

Unit/Placed in, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, United States Army.

Harold is born on 10 Sep. 1925 in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.

Father, Alfred S. Gayle.

Mother, Mary E. Gayle.

Sister(s), Edna L. Gayle.

Brother(s), Living and Sydney E. Gayle.

Harold enlisted the service in Louisiana with service number # 38501053.

Harold was KIA in the German Counter Attack during the Battle of the Bulge when a mortar exploded and he was hit by shrapnel in the chest on, 1 Jan. 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Harold is buried/mentioned at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium.

Thanks to, http://www.508pir.org/

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com