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Personal info

Full name
PICKENS, Henry Jackson
Date of birth
28 August 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Reedy, Roane County, West Virginia
Hometown
Stark County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35039838
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 6 36

Immediate family

Members
Albert Pickens (father)
Leah J. (Lee) Pickens (mother)
Reuben Pickens (half-brother)
Fannie O. Pickens (half-sister)
Jermin Pickens (half-brother)
Charles C. Pickens (half-brother)
Raymond C. Pickens (brother)

More information

Sgt Henry J. Pickens enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 4 March 1942 and was sent overseas in October 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Canton Repository - 6 February 1945