"courtesy of Vonda Meadows"

Grave marker for Lacey E. "Buddy" Lyde in Hewitt Cemetery, Wilson (Carter county), Oklahoma.

Lacy registered for the draft in Henrietta, TX on 16 October 1940 and was inducted into the Army at Dallas, TX on 31 March 1941.

On 202 October 1945, T/4 Lyde appeared in the 508th 3rd Anniversary book photo of men recently arrived in Company B.

He was discharged on 13 November 1945.

He married Sylvia Joyce Towler in Carter country, Oklahoma.