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Personal info

Full name
DICKERSON, Edwin F
Date of birth
10 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13106004
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
66th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Uerdingen-Krefeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 3 8

Immediate family

Members
Harry Dickerson (father)
Florence Dickerson (mother)
William Dickerson (brother)
Eleanor Dickerson (sister)
Harry Dickerson (brother)
Lenore R. (Troy) Dickerson (wife)
Edwin F. Dickerson Jr. (son)

More information

Cpl Edwin F. Dickerson joined voluntarily the Army Of the united States in Washington, District of Columbia on 4 September 1942. He attended high school for three years and was a typesetter before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Social Security Death Index / Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File / 1930 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 66th Armored Regiment

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet