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Sgt Ernest Floyd Wiles

Birth	:	11 Oct 1922 Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Death	:	8 Feb 1945 Austria
Burial	:	Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Middletown, Frederick County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.4450600, -77.5457500
Description	:	Ernest was killed in action in WWII. His body was originally buried in Italy and moved to the Middletown Lutheran Cemetery on Dec 5, 1948. The News, Frederick, MD, February 23, 1945: STAFF SGT. ERNEST FLOYD WILES Is Killed In Action Word of the death of her son, Staff Sgt. Wiles, on a mission over Austria on February 8 was received from the War Department Thursday by Mrs. Milton Warfield, Adamstown, Route l. S/Sgt. Wiles received his wings as an aerial gunner last summer and had been overseas since October. The last his family had heard from him he had... Read More	Ernest was killed in action in WWII. His body was originally buried in Italy and moved to the Middletown Lutheran Cemetery on Dec 5, 1948. The News, Frederick, MD, February 23, 1945: STAFF SGT. ERNEST FLOYD WILES Is Killed In Action Word of the death of her son, Staff Sgt. Wiles, on a mission over Austria on February 8 was received from the War Department Thursday by Mrs. Milton Warfield, Adamstown, Route l. S/Sgt. Wiles received his wings as an aerial gunner last summer and had been overseas since October. The last his family had heard from him he had been on 12 B17 missions over the continent. Entering the service March 13, 1943, he trained at Denver, Col., Miami Beach, Fla., in Arizona and Nebraska and at Camp Dyersburg, Tenn. He spent a week's furlough here in September. Aged 23, S/Sgt. Wiles was engaged to marry Miss Nellie Whitter, Middletown. He had attended school in Frederick and been employed by the Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore. Before he left for service he boarded at the home of Mrs. John Esworthy 16 East South street. Relatives said today that the last letter received from S/Sgt. Wiles was dated January 7. At that time he was well and busy with his Air Corps assignments. Son of Mrs. Warfield and the late Oscar Wiles, he is survived, besides his mother, by four brothers, Pvt. Allen Wiles, Camp Blanding, Fla., Earl C. and Richard E., this city, and Paul O. Wiles, Adamstown. ___________________________________________________________________ The News, Frederick, MD, June 9, 1945: Visits Grave of Cousin in Italy T/5 Merle Zeigler, Middletown, recently visited an American military cemetery in southern Italy where he was able to locate the grave of his cousin, S/Sgt. Ernest F. Wiles, according to word received by the deceased flyer's mother, Mrs. Milton Warfield, Adamstown, Route 1. It has been learned from S/Sgt. Wiles' commanding officer that the young member of the Fifteenth Air Force died February 8 over Austria when the oxygen mask he was wearing for flying at high altitude failed to work. Other members of the crew rendered aid but failed to save the local airman's life, the officer indicated. Following her son's death, Mrs. Warfield received pictures of S/Sgt. Wiles and his companions from one of the flyers, and in return wrote him a number of letters, all of which have returned to her, she said, with the information that this young man is now missing. ___________________________________________________________________ The News, Frederick, MD, December 3, 1948: The remains of S/Sgt Ernest F. Wiles, who was killed over Austria on February 9, 1945, will arrive in Frederick this afternoon and will be taken to the funeral home in Middletown from where a funeral will be held Sunday afternoon with rites in the Middletown Lutheran church at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. William E. Fox. Military services will be provided by Company A, Maryland National Guard, and interment will be made in Middletown Lutheran cemetery, in charge of Gladhill Company. Stg. Wiles was a son of Mrs. Oneida Warfield, Adamstown, and the late Oscar Wiles, near Middletown. He was 22 years of age at the time of his death. He attended school in Middletown and at the time of his induction in March, 1943, was employed by the Glenn L. Martin plant in Baltimore. He received training in Denver, Miami Beach, Arizona, Nebraska and Tennessee, and obtained his wings as an aerial gunner in the summer of 1944. He went overseas in October of the same year and flew 12 B17 missions over Europe. Surviving are his mother and four brothers, Richard E., Allen and Earl Wiles, Frederick and Paul O. Wiles, Adamstown.

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Where is Sgt Ernest Floyd Wiles's memorial?
Sgt Ernest Floyd Wiles's memorial is located at: Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Middletown, Frederick County, USA.
When did Sgt Ernest Floyd Wiles death?
Sgt Ernest Floyd Wiles death on 8 Feb 1945 in Austria
Where are the coordinates of the Sgt Ernest Floyd Wiles's memorial?
Latitude: 39.4450600
Longitude: -77.5457500

Family Members:

Parent

Oscar Calvin Wiles

(1897 - 1933)

Siblings

Richard Eugene Wiles

(1924 - 2000)

Flowers:

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