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Personal info

Full name
BICKNELL, James E
Date of birth
23 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Schreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
20445893
Rank
First Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 February 1945
Place of death
Near Auw, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 11 69

Immediate family

Members
Roy F. Bicknell (father)
Hattie M. Bicknell (mother)
Mary Bicknell (wife)
Lawan Bicknell (daughter)

More information

1st Sgt James E. Bicknell joined the National Guard on 15 August 1940.

He was killed by shrapnel by a mortar or artillery round what caused lethal wounds in the chest and the pelvis.

1st Sgt James E. Bicknell was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery at Foy, Belgium on 18 February 1945. He was disinterred on 29 September 1948 and his remains were prepared and placed in a casket on 1 October 1948. He was given his final resting place at Henri-Chapelle on 20 July 1949.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch - Records of the Casualty and Memorial Affairs Office of the Army, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 census, www.findagrave.com - Fragert, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com, Amandine Jaunet - Henri-Chapelle Cemetery Associate