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Personal info

Full name
PICKERING, Ernest Arthur
Date of birth
21 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Enterprise, Washington County, Utah
Hometown
Enterprise, Washington County, Utah

Military service

Service number
39028358
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
354th Infantry Regiment,
89th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 13 26

Immediate family

Members
Ernest A. Pickering (father)
Mary A. (Winsor) Pickering (mother)
Emiri W. Pickering (sister)
Anson P. Pickering (brother)
Leah Pickering (sister)
Wendell W. Pickering (brother)
Willard R. Pickering (brother)

More information

Sgt Ernest A. Pickering attended high school for three years.

He enlisted on 14 July 1942 in Enterprise, Utah. He trained at Camp Carson, Colorado and Camp Butner, North Carolina.

He was promoted to Private First Class on 25 January 1943, to Corporal on 12 October 1943 and to Sergeant on 19 April 1944.

He died of wounds received on 10 April 1945 in Germany.

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 census, Utah, Military Records, www.newspapers.com - The Salt Lake Tribune

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News 15 May 1945