Edward J. Doyle, Former Pottsville Maroon Grid Star Killed in Algiers.
In the December 12th, 1942 issue of the Pottsville Journal the following story was listed.
Word has been received in Pottsville of the death of Edward J. Doyle, officer, (Lt. Col.) in the U.S. Army; commander of the (168th Inf. Regt. 34th Division) was killed in action in Algiers. This was confirmed in an announcement which Mrs. Doyle received from the War department.
Mrs. Doyle will be remembered as the former Emily Belles, daughter of the late William Belles of thirteenth and Market St. Pottsville She had two sons, Ed, and Jimmy, are residing in Bridgeport Conn.
According to the War Department Doyle was killed leading a charge into Algiers, and fell mortally wounded by a sniper.
Although he was a graduate of West Point and a Lieutenant when he played here on the Pottsville Maroons Football team.
Doyle was killed in the Allied troop landings of the North African Campaign. He is believed to have been the first American killed in North Africa during the war.[2] Doyle's name is included in a football's wartime heroes display at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
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