Biography:

Editor, reporter; military officer. Born July 30, 1921, Birmingham. Parents– William J. Lyman and Marguerite Getaz Lyman.  Education– Ramsey High School; Davidson College, 1943; the Officer’s Candidate School at Fort Benning, Ga.; University of North Carolina Graduate School. U.S.Army, 1951-52; served in Korea; killed in action, January 18, 1952.  Employed by Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, Charleston (S.C.) News and Courier; managing editor of Florence (S.C.) Morning News, 1951; vice president, South Carolina Press Association. Died January 18, 1952.

Source:

Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History; findagrave.com

Publication(s):

Curlew History, the Story of the First Battalion, 117th Infantry, 30th Division, in Europe During World War II. Chapel Hill, N.C.; Orange Printshop, 1948.