COL Garland Eldredge Giles, Sr.

1921 - 2007  (86 years)

• Name	Garland Eldredge Giles
  Title	COL
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	4 Aug 1921	Byromville, Dooly, GA
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Dec 2007	Moncks Corner, Berkeley, SC
  	U.S., Social Security Death Index Name: Garland E. Giles Last Residence: 29461 Moncks Corner, Berkeley, South Carolina, USA BORN: 4 Aug 1922 Died: 17 Dec 2007 State (Year) SSN issued: Florida (Before 1951) U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File Name: Garland Giles Gender: Male Birth Date: 4 Aug 1922 Death Date: 17 Dec 2007 Branch 1: AF Enlistment Date 1: 15 Aug 1948 Release Date 1: 13 Nov 1972
  Person ID	I33430	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2016

  
  

  Family	Kathleen Trollinger,   b. 15 Apr 1928, Dothan, Houston, AL d. 13 Apr 2010, Summerville, Dorchester, SC (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	26 Mar 1946	Duval County, FL
  	Florida, County Marriages Name: Kathleen Trollinger Gender: Female Age: 17 Birth Date: abt 1929 Marriage Date: 26 Mar 1946 Marriage Place: Duval, Florida, USA Spouse: Garland E Giles Film Number: 002109749 Florida, County Marriages Name: Kathleen Trollinger Gender: Female Marriage Date: 21 Apr 1946 Marriage Place: Florida, USA Spouse: Garland E Giles Film Number: 002115800 Florida, County Marriages Name: Kathleen Trollinger Gender: Female Age: 17 Birth Date: abt 1929 Marriage Date: 30 Mar 1946 Marriage Place: Duval, Florida, USA Father: James L Trollinger Mother: Claudia Trollinger Spouse: Golland E Giles Film Number: 002109749 Florida Marriage Indexes Name: Kathleen Trollinger Spouse: Garland E. Giles County of Marriage: Duval Marriage Date: 1946 Volume: 1066 Certificate: 9236 Source: Florida Department of Health
  Children	1. Garland Eldredge Giles, Jr.   2. Steven Lewis Giles   3. Carolynn Giles   4. Donald Giles
  Family ID	F12237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2017

  
  

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  Birth - 4 Aug 1921 - Byromville, Dooly, GA Marriage - 26 Mar 1946 - Duval County, FL Death - 17 Dec 2007 - Moncks Corner, Berkeley, SC  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  GILES, Garland Garland E. Giles, 85, of Moncks Corner, SC died Monday, December 17, 2007 in a Charleston Hospital. Memorial services will be held Thursday afternoon, December 20, 2007 at Parks Funeral Home Chapel at two o'clock. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of your choice. Mr. Giles was born August 4, 1922 in Byromville, Ga, a son of Grover Lewis Giles and Ola McKinley Giles. He was retired from the USAF in 1972 after 30 years of service. He was a WWII veteran serving with the 494 Bomber Group of the 867 Air Squadron in the Pacific, flying the B24. He served in the Berlin Airlift and Korean Conflict. He flew missions in the Vietnam War from CAFB and served in operations Deep freeze re-supplying Antarctica. He was stationed at Charleston Air Force Base from 1961-1972. He was one of the first pilots of the C130, C141 and C5A flying missions out of CAFB. He served as the Base Operations Officer during the last years of his career. Dad loved to hunt and fish in exotic locations bringing home moose, geese or trout from the far reaches the Air Force flew. He enjoyed woodworking, cabinet making, playing with new tools and problems solving with his hands. He was greatly loved and will be deeply missed by his family. He is survived by his loving wife of 61 years Kathleen T. Giles; Children, Gary Giles of Oak Ridge, TN, Steve Giles of Moncks Corner, Lynn Giles Satterfield of Summerville and Donald Giles of Augusta GA; 9 Grandchildren and 9 Great Grandchildren. Arrangements by PARKS FUNERAL HOME, 130 West 1st North Street, Summerville, SC 29483. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths 1940 United States Federal Census Name: Garland E Giles Age: 17 Estimated birth year: abt 1923 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Georgia Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Son Home in 1940: Byromville, Dooly, Georgia Map of Home in 1940: View Map Street: 3rd Avenue Inferred Residence in 1935: Byromville, Dooly, Georgia Residence in 1935: Same House Sheet Number: 1A Attended School or College: Yes Highest Grade Completed: High School, 3rd year Weeks Worked in 1939: 0 Income: 0 Income Other Sources: No Household Members: Name Age Grover L Giles 52 Ola Giles 48 J Therman Giles 21 Garland E Giles 17 Joe J Walters 6 G Giles Walters 4 U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Name: Garland E Giles Birth Year: 1922 Race: White, citizen (White) Nativity State or Country: Georgia State of Residence: Florida County or City: Duval Enlistment Date: 1 Feb 1943 Enlistment State: Florida Enlistment City: Miami Beach Branch: Air Corps Branch Code: Air Corps Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status) Source: Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer Education: 2 years of college Civil Occupation: Clerks, general office Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 00 Weight: 000 New York, Passenger Lists Name: Garland E Giles Arrival Date: 30 Mar 1955 Birth Date: abt 1923 Age: 32 Gender: Male Ethnicity/ Nationality: American Port of Arrival: New York, New York