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BICKERS, John Travers - Date of
birth
8 November 1913 -
Age
30 -
Place of birth
Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia -
Hometown
Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33043486 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
704th Tank Destroyer Battalion
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Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
19 September 1944 - Place of
death
Near Lunéville, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 15 | 30 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Travers D. Bickers (father)
Margaret T. (Yowell) Bickers (mother)
Anna M. Bickers (sister)
Kitty M. Bickers (sister)
Keith Bickers (brother)
Martha E. Bickers (sister)
Lillian Bickers (sister)
Evelyn T. Bickers (sister)
Robert L. Bickers (brother)
More information
S/Sgt John T. Bickers was a salesman before he enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 8 May 1941.He was reported wounded in action on 18 September 1944 and he died of his wounds a day later.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.
He is also remembered at the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Reva, Culpeper County, Virginia.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Bickers Tree, www.tankdestroyer.net, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton / Inmand 15 - The Hopewell News - 28 November 1944 / An Ashland Genealogist
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Joris Brouard / An Ashland Genealogist