He registered for the draft June 30, 1942 and was inducted into the Army May 22, 1944 at Camp Joseph T Robinson in Arkansas. He joined Company E, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division on January 8, 1945 when the Company was in the vicinity of Sainlez, Belgium, serving as a Rifleman, and was promoted to Private First Class February 8, 1945. PFC Doyle L. Rutledge was killed in action by mortar fire while holding a defensive position in a woods about 2 miles west of Gladbeck, Germany. He was originally buried at Netherlands American Military Cemetery in Margraten, Holland
He registered for the draft June 30, 1942 and was inducted into the Army May 22, 1944 at Camp Joseph T Robinson in Arkansas. He joined Company E, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division on January 8, 1945 when the Company was in the vicinity of Sainlez, Belgium, serving as a Rifleman, and was promoted to Private First Class February 8, 1945. PFC Doyle L. Rutledge was killed in action by mortar fire while holding a defensive position in a woods about 2 miles west of Gladbeck, Germany. He was originally buried at Netherlands American Military Cemetery in Margraten, Holland
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