Paul Lewis Doyle

Portrait of Paul Lewis Doyle
Bio

Born in Truckee, California, February 16, 1903 Graduated from the Dixon, California High School June 1920
Enrolled in the University of California, Berkeley August 1920
College of Agriculture Member Theta Xi Fraternity, 1920-21 (Not in student status, 1921-22)
Transferred to the Davis campus, August 1923 Animal Science Curriculum
Member Calpha Club (now Phi Delta Theta Fraternity) Graduated in May 1925, Bachelor of Science Degree

Military Service

MILITARY HISTORY
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Military Training

Attended Officers Training School, Miami Beach, Florida, September-October 1942.
Attended AAF Officers Intelligence School, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, November-December 1942.

COMMISSIONED First Lieutenant, Army of the United States, 14 September 1942 at the Presidio of San Francisco.
COMMISSIONED Captain, AUS, and Intelligence Officer, 4 September 1945, AAF Scouting Force, 55th Fighting Group. (England)

Active Service Assignments

Sep 1942 to Oct 1942, AUS, Officers Training School, Miami Beach, Fla.
Nov 1942 to Dec 1942, AUSAF, Officers Intelligence School, Harrisburg, Pa.
Dec 1942 to Jan 1943, Combat Intelligence Officer, 302nd Bombardment Group, Davis-Monthan Field, Ariz.
Jan 1943 to Dec 1943, Asst. Instructor & Intell Officer, 339th Bomb Sq, 96th Bomb Gp (H), AAB, Pyote, Tex.
Dec 1943 to May 1944, Intell Off, 413th Bomb Sq, 96th Bomb Gp, European Theater of Operations.
Mar 1944 to Dec 1944, Asst A-3, Intell Off, Hq 3d Bomb Div. ETO.
Dec 1944 to Feb 1945, Intell Off, Hq 55th Fighter Group, ETO.
Feb 1945 to Jun 1945, Exec Off, 862nd Bomb Gp, ETO.
Jun 1945 to July 1945, Intell Off U.S. Group Control Council, ETO.
In Service: 2 years, 10 months and 12 days

Captain Doyle died 16 July 1945, in Hecht, Germany

Decorations and Awards

BRONZE STAR MEDAL* (Hq 3d Air Div, 28 June 1945).
EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL with one Silver Star and one Bronze Service Star for participation in the Air Offensive Europe, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe, Normandy,
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
Northern France and Rhineland Campaigns.
DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION EMBLEM with two Oak Leaf Clusters.
* Posthumously awarded October 1945 by direction of the President of the United States for ‘heroism against the enemy’

Interment

United States Cemetery, St. Lo, France.

 

 

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