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Personal info

Full name
PICKEL, Charles M
Date of birth
1916
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32276490
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bizory, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 1 11

Immediate family

Members
Parke R. Pickel (father)
Barbara A. (Steffy) Pickel (mother)
Parke L. Pickel (brother)
Morris M. Pickel (brother)
Jason L. Pickel (brother)
Mary E. Pickel (sister)
Doris Pickel (sister)
Imelda (Deichler) Pickel (wife)
Barbara A. Pickel (daughter)

More information

Pfc Charles M. Pickel enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 9 April 1942.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Barbara A. Haggerty, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pickel Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com – Daily News New York 3 February 1945, www.super6th.org

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Jaap Vermeer, www.newspapers.com – Daily News New York 3 February 1945