Lest We Forget
Name: Clyde Liles
War:
World War II
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant Serial number: O-811101 Branch: Army Air Corps
Unit: 339th Bomber Squadron (based in Snetterton Heath England), 96th Bombardment Group, 45th Combat Wing, 3rd Air Division, 8thArmy Air Force
Battle: Lt. Liles was the pilot of a B-17 that was shot down while on a mission to destroy V-Weapons sites in the Pas de Calais area of France - only one crewmember survived.
Date born: December 21, 1918
Place born: Burrs Ferry, Vernon Parish, Louisiana
Date died: April 20th or 21st, 1944
How died: Killed in action
Place died: near Hallines, France, west of St. Omer
Place buried: Plunkaway Cemetery in Burr Ferry, Louisiana
Home place: His survivors do not recall his address in DeRidder.
School(s): Believed to be DeRidder High School
Spouse: Never married.
Parents: Mark Gilman Liles and Martha Harriet Cain Liles
Siblings (all now deceased): Bessie Evans, Ermie Henderson, Ona Liliedahl, Kymbol Liles, Irene Mock, Marvin Liles, and Jesse Merl Liles (a World War II and Korean War veteran who died in a 1956 air accident while taking off from Goose Bay Air Force Base)
Grandparents: John M. Liles, Ellen Burr Liles, Robert D. Cain and Melvina Chaddick Cain
Data provided by: His niece, Laura Liles Dove of Everton, AR and his nephew, Clifton Burke Liliedahl of Derry, New Hampshire
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