Doyle Yardley, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDoyle Yardley
American army officer
Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1913
Date of Death: 23-Apr-1946
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Doyle Yardley
- Colonel Doyle Raphard Yardley (April 21, 1913 – April 23, 1946) was an American military officer.
- He was the commanding officer of the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion, who was captured and later escaped from a German Prisoner of War camp.During the invasion of Italy, the 509th was dropped behind enemy lines near Avellino.
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- Yardley was captured and spent 16 months as a prisoner of war in Oflag 64 in Szubin, Poland. Yardley was a resident of Dublin, Texas, and the son of Alvin Alfard Yardley and Emma Edna Huffman.
- Yardley died shortly after the war of a gunshot wound in the chest received while cleaning his gun.
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