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Submitted: 1/21/13 • Approved: 11/27/20 • Last Updated: 11/30/20 • R818455-G0-S3
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
334 Infantry Division
World War II
Killed in Action in Germany
June 21, 1922 - November 23, 1944
*Obituary
Melbourne Times
April 14, 1949
Final Rites Will be Held Sunday For Pfc. Edmund Biles
The remains of Pfc. Edmund Biles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Biles of Gid will arrive in Batesville at 6:30 a.m. Saturday April 16.
Pfc. Biles was born at Lunenburg, Arkansas June 21, 1922. He moved to Gid, Arkansas in early childhood and lived there until his induction into the Army. He was killed in action in German on November 23, 1944 at the age of 22 years.
Funeral services will be held Sunday April 17, at the Plain Hill Church by Rev. Hugh Cooper of Melbourne. Burial will be in the Reeves Cemetery at Gid. Military honors will be carried out by the American Legion Benbrook-Kent Post 81 of Melbourne. Cecil Funeral Home of Batesville is in charge of arrangements.
Pfc. Biles is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Biles of Gid; one sister, Miss Angelea Biles and two brothers, Ethram and Royal Hale, of the home.
(Photo courtesy of Vera Reeves)
Contributed on 1/21/13 by maxparnell
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