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Staff Sergeant Vernon E Bickley

Name Vernon E Bickley
Rank Staff Sergeant
Army Serial # 39469599
State Washington
Date of death 1945-03-01
Plot, Row, Grave M, 13, 3
Cemetery Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands, Google Maps
Unit A Company, 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Awards Silver StarBronze StarPurple Heart
Remarks Staff Sergeant Bickley was a member of A Company. The morning report for August 19, 1944 on page 35 to 38 lists him joining the unit from the 53rd Replacement Battalion on August 16, 1944. The morning report for November 3, 1944 on page 5 lists him as being confined to the regimental stockade. Page 13 of the same morning report lists him returning to duty on November 9, 1944. The pages can be seen below.

Since we have no later documents we assume that Staff Sergeant Bickley died while serving in A Company.
Documents - MR A Co 08-1944 page 35
- MR A Co 08-1944 page 38
- MR A Co 11-1944 page 5
- MR A Co 11-1944 page 13
- Silver Star citation Vernon E Bickley
Grave Soldier
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