Sergeant Oval Gray Amyx
Service# 6588810
82nd & 17th Airborne/507th PIR
'F' Company

Sgt Amyx was born  on October 5th, 1914 in Bethanna, Magoffin County, 
Kentucky and was killed in action on June 6th, 1944, 1944 during the 
Airborne invasion of Normandy.
  
Sgt Amyx is the son of James 'Tony' Amyx  [born  Jan 20, 1891 in Ky and died May 
1970 in Ky] a tobacco farmer and Edna Patton Amyx [born Dec 23, 1895 and died 
Nov, 23, 1982 in Shiloh, Richland Co, Ohio]

The 1930 US Census for Magoffin County, Kentucky shows Sgt Amyx 
resisding with his parents and sister Tressie Amyx [Oney] [born approx 1922 in 
Ky  and living in 2006] and grandmother Senna Amyx [born  1862 in Ky and died Dec 
30, 1937 in Ky]. Oval also has a sister named Ruby G Amyx Guthrie [born 
6/18/1930 and living in 2006]

Sgt Amyx enlisted in the Army on Jan 30, 1940 in Kentucky into the Signal 
Corps.
Sgt Amyx married Pvt [WAC] Neoma Donna Osborne sometime in 1942.

Sgt Amyx is mentioned in the 507 Boots & Wings newspaper issue of Aug 
30, 1943 on page 11...'Seen running hell-bent-for-election this morning was 
Sgt Oval[sec] Amyx.  He just cant afford to miss that bus again.'…and in the 
June 19, 1943 issue…Sgt Amyx is looking younger everyday.

During Operation Neptune, June 6 1944 Sgt Amyx parachuted from his C-47 
Troop Transport plane with Tail#42-92835 # 36 in the Chalk #10 in the line..

Sgt Amyx was awarded the Purple Heart Medal and the Croix de Guerre 
Unit Citation [French] the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign 
Medal with one Bronze Service Star and Arrowhead, World War II Victory 
Medal, WWII Honorable Service Lapel Button, Parachte Badge, the Combat 
Infantryman Badge, the Good Conduct Ribbon, the National Defense 
Ribbon and the Presidential Distinguished Unit Emblem.     

Sgt Amyx is interred in the Amyx Cemetery, Bethanna,Magoffin County, Ky