Lyle M. Doane

Lyle M. Doane of Virginia, Minn. was inducted into the Army on March 10, 1942 at Fort Snelling, Minn.

He served as a Sergeant and light truck driver with Company D of the 746th Tank Battalion in Tunisia, North Africa; Naples-Foggia, Italy; Normandy, Northern France; Rhineland;  Ardennes and Central Europe.

Mr. Doane was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Good Conduct Medal, European-African-Middle East Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal and five overseas service bars.

He was honorably discharged on Sept. 23, 1945 at Camp McCoy, Wis.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 69.

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