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Tec5 Jacob F Dickson Veteran

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
11 Jun 1945 (aged 37–38)
Monument
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
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Jacob served as a Technician Fifth Grade, 565th Signal Air Warning Battalion, U.S. Army during World War II.

He was a passenger on C-46D (#44-77353), 67th Squadron, 433rd Troop Carrier Group, U.S. Army Air Forces.

He resided in Camden County, New Jersey prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on June 17, 1941, prior to the war, in Trenton, New Jersey. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a cranemen and also as Single, without dependents.

Jacob died in the "Line Of Duty" when the C-46D he was a passenger on disappeared while on a routine cargo flight from Guam (APO 264) to Tacloban (APO 72) Philippines during the war.

Service # 32156762

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Those who perished on C-46D (#44-77353):

Antreter, Donald R ~ T/4, Passenger, California
Cochran, Ray F ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Michigan
Dickson, Jacob F ~ T/5, Passenger, New Jersey
Hensel, Theron S ~ Corp, Asst. Engineer, Pennsylvania
McCullough, Robert W ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Pennsylvania
Porter, Daryl W ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, Pennsylvania
Smiley, Oliver E ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, Maryland
Trainor, Clifford E ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, California
Von Arx, Mabel A ~ T/4, Passenger, Missouri

( Bio. & Crew report by Russ Pickett )

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Jacob served as a Technician Fifth Grade, 565th Signal Air Warning Battalion, U.S. Army during World War II.

He was a passenger on C-46D (#44-77353), 67th Squadron, 433rd Troop Carrier Group, U.S. Army Air Forces.

He resided in Camden County, New Jersey prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on June 17, 1941, prior to the war, in Trenton, New Jersey. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a cranemen and also as Single, without dependents.

Jacob died in the "Line Of Duty" when the C-46D he was a passenger on disappeared while on a routine cargo flight from Guam (APO 264) to Tacloban (APO 72) Philippines during the war.

Service # 32156762

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Those who perished on C-46D (#44-77353):

Antreter, Donald R ~ T/4, Passenger, California
Cochran, Ray F ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Michigan
Dickson, Jacob F ~ T/5, Passenger, New Jersey
Hensel, Theron S ~ Corp, Asst. Engineer, Pennsylvania
McCullough, Robert W ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Pennsylvania
Porter, Daryl W ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, Pennsylvania
Smiley, Oliver E ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, Maryland
Trainor, Clifford E ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, California
Von Arx, Mabel A ~ T/4, Passenger, Missouri

( Bio. & Crew report by Russ Pickett )

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  • Maintained by: MAJ Jimmy Cotton
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56787769/jacob_f-dickson: accessed ), memorial page for Tec5 Jacob F Dickson (1907–11 Jun 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56787769, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by MAJ Jimmy Cotton (contributor 48803557).