ERNEST TAYLOR "ERNIE" PYLE
Rate/Rank
S3
Service Branch
USNR 10/1918 - 9/1921
Born
08/03/1900DANA, IN
KILLED IN ACTION - LE SHIMA, OKINAWA, 04/18/1945 ( RANK/RATE OF SC3 HAS BEEN MISINTERPRETED AS SHIPS COOK 3, A THIRD CLASS PETTY OFFICER, BUT IN 1918 IT MEANT SEAMAN CLASS 3.)
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
USS WILMETTE GX-13
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
PURPLE HEART ARMY
WORLD WAR ONE VICTORY MEDAL NAVY