Doyle, James A. (12142755)

James A. Doyle
Personal details
Born	Pittsburgh, Indiana
Died	20 November 2019
Nativity	United States
Religion	Catholic
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	12142755
Rank	Private First Class
Camp Ritchie	Class 18 (13 April – 10 June 1944)
Section	6C
Enlisted	New York City, New York

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James A. Doyle (died 20 November 2019) (ASN 12142755) was a Ritchie Boy (from United States; Catholic) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 18.

Biography

James "Jim" Aloysius Doyle was a Ritchie Boy. Jim was born in Pittsburgh in the Crafton Heights section March 20, 1921. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather also were all named James Aloysius, although the fourth-generation “James A.” liked to be called just Jim. Doyle’s father was an accountant, who changed jobs often in the Depression, as a consequence of which the family moved several times in the Midwest, finally settling in the New York area on Long Island. Doyle attended Queens College of the City of New York, then a new campus established in Mayor Fiorello La Guardia’s term. He was elected president of his class of 1943 and Ethel Miriam Clancey was elected vice president. Working as class officers, they fell in love and were married in October 1943. Doyle served in World War II in Army Military Intelligence, as an aerial photo interpreter — first on Bougainville Island in the Pacific and then in Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s headquarters in Brisbane and Melbourne, Australia, and Manila, Philippines. Among the many photos he interpreted and annotated were pictures of Hiroshima, Japan, destroyed by U.S. atomic bombing. He was awarded a citation for this World War II service by General Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces in the Pacific and Southwest Pacific. Upon returning from the war, Doyle joined the Army Reserve to get extra money for his and Ethel’s growing family, but was recalled to duty in 1951 as an intelligence officer and served in Germany at a time there was fear World War III might break out. In 1984, Jim was named a Knight of St. Gregory the Great by St. John Paul II for his service as CPA executive director. Then after retiring from the CPA, for several years he wrote a column in Catholic New York, newspaper of the Archdiocese of New York. Jim Doyle died November 20, 2019 at the age of 98.

Research notes

• PI 132
• 3/20/1921-?

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Nara ASN	12142755
Nara Name	A E A
Nara State	23
Nara County	81
Nara POE	2364
Nara DOE	150942
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Grade Code	8
Nara Branch Code	40
Branch	Coast Artillery Corps or Army Mine Planter Service
Nara Term or Enlistment	0
Term of enlistment	Unknown
Defer. Date	4433
Nara Source	0
Nara Nativity	32
Nativity.1	PENNSYLVANIA
Nara Year of Birth	21
Nara Race	1
Nara Race Description	White citizen
Nara Education	7
Nara Civilian Occupation	992
Nara Marital Status	6
Nara Height (inches)	73
Nara Weight (lbs)	191
Class_ASN	12142755
Class_Name	DOYLE, James A.
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Sources

• Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-12-11 (1 post)