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 1920 - 1958 (37 years)
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| Name |
PIKE Sylvester Charles |
| Prefix |
Capt. |
| Birth |
20 Aug 1920 |
Oakland, Alameda, California, United States  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
U.S. Army Captain [1] |
| _UID |
785F0D38EB9ED5118A064445535400004B0B |
| Death |
25 Jul 1958 |
Irrumagawa, Japan [1] |
| Burial |
Aft 25 Jul 1958 |
Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States [1] |
Address:
Willamette National Cemetery |
| Notes |
- Graduated from high school in Elko, Nevada in 1940. He subsequently attended and graduated from Art Center School in Los Angeles. He entered the military service in 1943 and graduated from the Army Air Force Cadet Flight Training Program as a pilot and 2nd Lieutenant in 1945. After the end of WWII, he moved to Renton, Washington with his wife, Enid and baby son Dale. He owned and operated a portrait studio and photo-finishing plant in Renton until 1948. Then he went to work for Boeing Airplane Company in Seattle, Washington. In 1953, he returned to the Air Force as a career officer. He was sent to England in 1954 for several months, then to Korea for a year. At the end of that tour of duty, his family joined him in Irrumagawa, Japan, where he was stationed at Johnson Air Force Base flying jet aircraft. On July 25, 1958, his plane crashed on a routine training mission and he was killed. His body was returned to Portland, Oregon for burial at the National Military Cemetery outside of Portland.
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| Person ID |
I1353 |
Noyes Family Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
6 Jul 2013 |
| Father |
PIKE Charles Boutelle, b. 17 Dec 1893, Caribou, Aroostook, Maine, United States d. 23 Apr 1962, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States (Age 68 years) |
| Mother |
WRIGHT Gertrude, b. 15 Jun 1901, Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States d. 24 Oct 1976, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States (Age 75 years) |
| Marriage |
10 May 1919 |
Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States [2, 3] |
| Family ID |
F77 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S68] Book-John Pike of Newbury, Mass., p.611.
- [S68] Book-John Pike of Newbury, Mass., p.512.
- [S413] Pamphlet-Rideouts In America, p.11.
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