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George T. Dickey worked for a company that made building transportation equipment.

He enlisted In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 25 February 1943.

Pfc Dickey was reported killed in action but his remains, together with those of Lt Hillyard, were left exposed to intense shell fire for approximately three days. It is believed that both men were interred by the enemy in the approximate location of where they were killed.

Field investigation, conducted in October en December 1946 revealed that the area was mined and inaccessible to any searching team. A field investigation in September 1950 was negative.
He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy. The citation cited: On 8 September 1944, at the Dornot bridgehead across the Moselle River, five miles south of Metz. Pfc George T. Dickey and Pfc Frank Lalopa volunteered to man a forward observation post during the night. When the Germans attacked, they were warned to return to their lines, but instead, stayed at their posts firing into the advancing Germans until they were both killed. On the following morning, twenty-two enemy dead were found near their bodies, some within three yards of their position.

Pfc Dickey was killed by small arms fire in the head.

Pfc Dickey is remembered in Mount Moriah Cemetery with a memorial marker.