PYLE, Vance
Staff Sgt VANCE PYLE 
Source: Darlington Herald Library newsletter Fall 2017 - thanks to John (Butch) Dale, Librarian
Staff Sgt Vance Pyle, 25, was Killed In Action in France on July 28, according to word received by his wife and parents from the War Department. He was the son of Georeg and Cloe McClain Pyle
Sgt. Pyle graduated from Darlington HS in 1936 and starred in basketball while attending. He entered the Army on Dec 30, 1941 and was a member of the 35th Infantry divisiom of the 3rd Army with Lt. Gen. George Patton.
The survivors include the wife; parents; a brother, Horace W> Pyle and three sisters, Miss Myrdell Pyle, Mrs. Maxine Blaydes and Mrs. Janice Campbell.