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Personal info

Full name
PICKETT, Vann Buren
Date of birth
22 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina
Hometown
Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34307370
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Deuxville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 37

Immediate family

Members
George G. Pichett (father)
Hattie L. (Brooks) Pickett (mother)
Lola M. Pickett (sister)
Martha L. Pickett (sister)
Mary Pickett (sister)
George G. Pickett Jr. (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Vann B. Pickett attended high school for three years and was employed at a Texaco Service Station before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 15 June 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire to his stomach and thigh.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

He is remembered at the Loves Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Doc Wilson / Van McGehee
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Doc Wilson