Vernon E Bickley (39469599)
| Name | Bickley, Vernon E |
| Rank | Staff Sergeant |
| Army Serial # | 39469599 |
| State | Washington |
| Date of death | 1945-03-01 |
| Plot, Row, Grave | M, 13, 3 |
| Cemetery | Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands , Google Maps |
| Unit | A Company, 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division |
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| Additional information |
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| Staff Sergeant Bickley was a member of A Company.
The morning report for August 19, 1944 on page 35 to 38 lists him joining the unit from the 53rd Replacement Battalion on August 16, 1944. The morning report for November 3, 1944 on page 5 lists him as being confined to the regimental stockade. Page 13 of the same morning report lists him returning to duty on November 9, 1944. The pages can be seen below.
Since we have no later documents we assume that Staff Sergeant Bickley died while serving in A Company. |
| Morning reports | |||||
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| 1944-08-19 | PVT | Assigned and joined from 53rd Replacement Battalion as of August 16, 1944 | 745 | A / 331 | view page |
| 1944-09-10 | PVT | Promoted to Private First Class as of September 1, 1944 | 745 | A / 331 | view page |
| 1944-11-03 | PFC | Confined to Regimental Stockade as of November 3, 1944 | 745 | A / 331 | view page |
| 1944-11-11 | PFC | Returned to duty from confined Regimental Stockade on November 9, 1944 | 745 | A / 331 | view page |
| 1944-12-21 | PFC | Promoted to Sergeant, duty changed to Squad Leader (653) as of December 15, 1944 | A / 331 | view page | |
| 1945-01-23 | SGT | Lightly wounded in action on January 10, 1945 and remained on duty | A / 331 | view page | |
| 1945-02-05 | SGT | Promoted to Staff Sergeant, duty changed to Section Leader (652) as of January 18, 1945 | 653 | A / 331 | view page |
| 1945-03-03 | SSGT | Missing in action as of March 1, 1945 | 652 | A / 331 | view page |
| 1945-03-08 | SSGT | Killed in action on March 1, 1945, which corrects MR of March 3, 1945 | 652 | A / 331 | view page |
| General Orders | |||||
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| GO # | Rank | Award | Page | ||
| 83 / 1945 / #0 | SGT |
Bronze Star Medal awarded. |
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| Various documents | |||||
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| Description | Page | ||||
| Listed in 331st Infantry Regiment After Action Report, February 1945: Awarded Bronze Star Medal for distinguishing themselves by heroic achievement, meritorious achievement or meritorious service. Issuing General Order unknown, see temporary entry for GO 83/1945/#0 above. as a Sergeant in 331 | 18 | ||||