Show THOMAS 11 II GILES TILTON KILLED D IN ACTION memorial morial services stake tabernacle sunday mrs emma spencer giles has received word that her son pac thomas H giles 29 was killed in action in germany on november 2 1944 instead of slightly wounded as previously reported he was born may 6 1915 in milton ile he was an elder ot of the L D S church and a member of the milton ward morgan stake he was a graduate of morgan school and the morgan L D S seminary 1933 he had beef been engaged in i n farming all his life prior to his call to the colors ile he entered t the h e T 11 giles army jan 4 1944 and ana received his basic training at camp wheeler ga he was horne home on furlough last july and in the meantime aad received three medals tor for expert marksmanship he returned after his furlough to fort meade md ald and arrived overseas in september 1944 he landed in england en 19 and marched through paris pans belgium luxemberg Lux emborg and into germany arriving in germany on september 29 merrill C Davish euary G afro att his mother mrs airs emma spencer giles recently received a very nice letter from chaplin 2 merrill C davis it reads in part as follows pac thomas H giles lost his life in western germany on november 2 1944 his body after a military ali 1 gitary funeral conducted by a chaplin chap 1 in of the protestant faith was laid to rest in thomass company was about to attack he was in a fox to hole when an enemy artillery shell burst in a nearby tree and a piece of struck him ile he passed away instantly st 11 Cy artill amenn hytree annaple m aina survivors include his mother on one brother arthur giles morgan and three sisters mrs ada thurston morgan mrs lula barker salt sait lake city and mrs ethel ogden memorial services for pac thomas H giles killed in action in germany november 2 1944 will be held in the morgan stake tabernacle sunday april 29 |