THE WALL OF FACES

Lieutenant Colonel Jerry William Pyle, Served with the 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron, 504th Tactical Air Support Group, 7th Air Force.

Dear LTC Jerry William Pyle, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, Sir

Curt Carter

Jerry is buried at Sunset Hill Cemetery, Rockport, Spencer County,IN. AFCM PH

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Jerry W. Pyle was born in Rockport, Indiana on August 29, 1930. He grew up and went to school in Richland, Indiana. He attended Purdue University and Evansville College. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in January 1951 and received a commission as a second lieutenant in May 1952 and became a fighter pilot. He served at various bases throughout the country as well as a tour of duty in Okinawa in 195501956. He received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado in 1964 and his master's from the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio in 1969. His service in Vietnam began January 22, 1970. Eventually he was assigned to the 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron at Da Nang. He and his fellow forward air controllers flew in support of Quang Nam Province. Jerry's plane, an 0-2, was shot down by the enemy on the morning of May 11, 1970. He is survived by his widow Ellen F. Pyle, a daughter, Ellen E., and a son, Paul V.