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Personal info

Full name
PICKETT, Stephen Gregory
Date of birth
23 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
Hometown
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39209015
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
117th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Warden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 5 29

Immediate family

Members
Dean G. Pickett (father)
Helen Picket (mother)
Francella Pickett (sister)

More information

Pfc Stephen G. Pickett graduated from Lincoln High School in 1943. He majored in mathematics and drawing and his hobby was boats. He was a draftsman at the Western Boat Building Co., and deacon in the Roosevelt Heights Christian church.

He enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 7 June 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Card, www.oldhickory30th.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof, www.ancestry.com - Lincoln High School 1943, The News Tribune - 13 December 1944