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Lyle Dalton Wiggins nacque il 26 gennaio 1921 a Houlton, contea di Aroostook, Maine, figlio di Stephen Ernest Wiggins e Evelyn Frances Kneeland Wiggins. Diplomatosi alla Houlton High School, frequentò la University of Maine, che lasciò dopo tre anni per lavorare alla Saco Lowell Machine Shop.Lyle Dalton Wiggins was born on 26 January 1921 in Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine, the son of Stephen Ernest Wiggins and Evelyn Frances Kneeland Wiggins. After Houlton High School he attended the University of Maine, leaving after three years to work at the Saco Lowell Machine Shop.Lyle Dalton Wiggins wurde am 26. Januar 1921 in Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine, als Sohn von Stephen Ernest Wiggins und Evelyn Frances Kneeland Wiggins geboren. Nach der Houlton High School besuchte er die University of Maine, die er nach drei Jahren verließ, um in der Saco Lowell Machine Shop zu arbeiten.
Nell'agosto 1943 si arruolò nelle Army Air Forces. Dopo l'addestramento a Keesler Field, all'University of Alabama, alla scuola di tiro di Laredo (Texas) e a Westover Field, fu promosso caporale e inviato oltreoceano nell'ottobre 1944. Assegnato come mitragliere su un B-24, fu promosso sergente il 1º gennaio 1945 e compì diciannove missioni di combattimento. Riposa nel Florence American Cemetery, in Toscana.In August 1943 he enlisted in the Army Air Forces. After training at Keesler Field, the University of Alabama, the Laredo, Texas, gunnery school and Westover Field, he was promoted to Corporal and sent overseas in October 1944. Assigned as a gunner on a B-24, he was promoted to Sergeant on 1 January 1945 and flew nineteen combat missions. He rests in the Florence American Cemetery, Tuscany.Im August 1943 trat er in die Army Air Forces ein. Nach der Ausbildung in Keesler Field, an der University of Alabama, an der Schießschule in Laredo, Texas, und in Westover Field wurde er zum Corporal befördert und im Oktober 1944 nach Übersee geschickt. Als Schütze einer B-24 wurde er am 1. Januar 1945 zum Sergeant befördert und flog neunzehn Kampfeinsätze. Er ruht auf dem Florence American Cemetery in der Toskana.
