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R. E. Pickel
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Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps
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Date of Death
June 20, 1951
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Private First Class Pickel was a member of the 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, stationed at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina. On June 20, 1951, he was at a command post on maneuvers at Hickory Point, when two "short rounds" of mortar shells struck the command post killing him. |
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