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Personal info

Full name
DICKENSON, William H "Bill"
Date of birth
26 December, 1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Greenwood, Jackson County, Florida
Hometown
St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida

Military service

Service number
7004332
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
6th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
Near Carling, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 23 42

Immediate family

Members
Edward H. Dickenson Sr. (father)
Hazel W. (Willis) Dickenson (mother)
Edward H. Dickenson Jr. (brother)
Katherine R. Dickenson (sister)
Benjamin W. Dickenson (brother)

More information

Sgt William H. Dickenson joined the Regular Army on 29 November 1939.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

He is remembered at the Greenwood Baptist Church Cemetery in Greenwood, Jackson County, Florida, with his brother Ben.

His brother, Ensign Benjamin W. Dickenson, was killed on 7 June 1944 and is remembered on the Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial in Hawaii.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Beckham Powell Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Nancy Callahan / MAJ Jimmy Cotton

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Conner / Nancy Callahan