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Personal info

Full name
DICKERSON, William Russell
Date of birth
14 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36975889
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
East of Laufenburg, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 13 40

Immediate family

Members
William B. Dickerson (father)
Jennie M. (Savage)Dickerson (mother)
Ethel J. Dickerson (sister)
Cloyce R (brother)
Ruth E. Dickerson (sister)
Howard L. Dickerson (brother)
Beverley F. Dickerson (sister)
Dorothy E. Dickerson (sister)
Winnifred M. Dickerson (sister)
Wallace L. Dickerson (brother)
Mary M. (Steward) Dickerson (wife)
Beverly Diane Dickerson (daughter)

More information

William Dickerson was employed by the Great Lakes Steel Corporation in Ecorse, Michigan.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Michigan U.S. Marriage Records / 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, Wyandotte News-Herald

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Family collection