Awards:  Purple Heart

BIOGRAPHY

Yves Noel was the 7^th of 10 children (5 brothers and 4 sisters) of Louis Damase Noel 1892–1986 and Marie Louise Meche Noel 1892–1945

Grandson of Louis Noel and Marie Emma Bergier and Alcede Meche and Ermine Leger.  Yves was a farm labourer before enlisting.

1. Simon Noel 1912–1913
2. Evelyn Noel-Kidder 1914–1991
3. Louis Harold Noel 1915–2002
4. Lester Philip Noel 1917-2016
5. Gertrude Noel-Comier 1919-1995
6. Mary Loudie Noel-Miller 1922–2019
7. Yves Noel 1924-1945
8. John Berchman Noel 1926–1996
9. Lawrence Thomas Noel 1928–1973
10. Marie Louise Noel-Devillier 1930–2019

21 August 1945

Sworn statement regarding the death of Yves Noel:

“On 4 Feb Company B was in Campholz Woods.  About 2130 near the pillbox on N.E. side of woods, Private Noel stepped on a mine while acting as a litter bearer.  Private Noel was instantly killed and several others injured. Later attempt was made to remove his body but this was not feasible due to the mines."

27 September 1945

Missing in action status from 4 Feb 1945 until 22 Sept 1945 when evidence considered sufficient to establish the fact of death was received by the Secretary of War from a commander in the European Area.

Newspaper clipping from “The Port Arthur News” 14 October 1945

27 May 1946

The remains of Yves Noel were found by 5 German civilians in an open field near the town of Borg, Germany. 

He then was marked as unknown X-2666.

7 June 1946

Remains of X-2666 arrived at the Ardennes American Cemetery and buried 11 June.

13 November 1946

X-2666 is now identified as Private Yves Noel

- favourable comparison of tooth chart

- “N-3702” marked on leather band in helmet liner

- “Noel Yves” marked on trousers found on remains

- “94^th Division Patch” found on shirt

4 December 1946

Correction: Date of Death is 4 February 1945

January 1948

Letter sent to father informing his son was permanently interred in the Ardennes.  Date of reburial 23 June 1949