Otho Liles was born 18 August 1921 in Coalfield, Tennessee, the son of Will Liles and Lizzie Alma Hudson. He was a member of Company G, 29th Infantry, for three years, and re-enlisted in Company G of the 82nd Airborne Division, 50th Infantry. Pvt Liles was Killed in Action in Italy on 6 December 1943. He was 22 years of age when he died. He was survived by a sister, Mrs. Jose C. Lopez, a grandmother, Mrs. C.W. Hudson and his parents.
Buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, OH
Private
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Headquarters Company
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 18 August 1921
- Date of death: 16 December 1943
- County: Morgan
- Hometown: Coalfield
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 504th Parachute Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: p
- Burial/Memorial Location: Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XVI, Middle Panel
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