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Personal info

Full name
BICKLEY, Charles Johnson
Date of birth
4 August 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Farmersville, Collin County, Texas
Hometown
Appalachia, Wise County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
O1323094
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 12 45

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Bickley (father)
Docta L. (Johnson) Bickley (mother)
Robert B. Bickley (brother)
Dorothy (Muse) Bickley (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Charles J. Bickley graduated from Wise High School in 1931 and attended Emory and Henry College for two years. He held a position with the Holston Ordnance Works at Kingsport.

He enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 6 December 1942 and sent overseas on 13 July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, 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 / Foggiato Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.newspapers.com - The Post 15 February 1945, Service Book - Wise County, Virginia
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Frieda Davison