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7th Infantry Division veteran of the Battles of Guam, Leyte, and Okinawa
Timeline
Birth- 13 Mar 1919
Pennsylvania
1939 - 1945World War II- Ages: 26 - 23 years
Served For
United States of America
Conflict Period
World War II
Branch
Army
Gold Star
Theater
Pacific
Service Number
33199125
Unit
Company “L,” 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division
Service Start Date
3 Apr 1942
Grade
Staff Sergeant
Battle- 23 July 1944-Age: 25 years
Guam, Mariana Islands
Battle- 23 Nov 1944-Age: 26 years
Leyte, Philippine Islands
Battle- 27 Mar 1945-Age: 26 years
Tokashiki, Kerama Islands, Japan
Battle- 16 Apr 1945-Age: 26 years
Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan
Battle- 29 Apr 1945-Age: 26 years
Okinawa, Japan
Award
Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster, Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge
Marriage- 16 Aug 1942-Age: 23 years
Columbia, South Carolina
Hazel M. Dickerson
Death- 30 Apr 1945-Age: 26 years
Artillery fragments
Okinawa, Japan
Burial- May 1945
(Presumed date) 77th Infantry Division cemetery, Okinawa
Burial- 1949
Montrose Cemetery, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
