Obituaries: Captain Harry M. Tyler, 1951, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 8, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise

Grandson of Mrs. W. M. Tyler Buried In Shreveport

Funeral services for Captain Harry M. Tyler, 32, who was killed in action May
25 in Korea, were held Wednesday, Oct. 31, in a Shreveport funeral home, with
the Rev. A. C. Lawton, pastor of the Blanchard Baptist Church, officiating. 
Burial was in Forest Park Cemetery with graveside services conducted by units
from Barksdale Air Force Base.

Capt. Tyler was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Tyler of Mooringsport, and
the grandson of Mrs. W. M. Tyler of Wren Acres, Winnfield.  He was on a jet
fighter reconnaissance mission at the time of his death.

He is survived by his parents; his widow, the former Billie Crawford of Van
Alstyne, Texas; three children, Tim, Glenn, and Barbara Louise; grandmothers,
Mrs. Tyler of Winnfield and Mrs. Emma Lindsey of Mooringsport.

Capt. Tyler enlisted in the Army after his graduation from Mooringsport High
School and took officers training at Ft. Benning, Ga.  He served in Hawaii for
three years prior to World War II.

He had been out of the army for a year when the Korean War started.  During
World War II, he served in the South Pacific.  He was sent to Korean on May
10, only 15 days before his death.