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SSgt Virgil Wesley Dickey
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SSgt Virgil Wesley Dickey Veteran

Birth
Leon County, Texas, USA
Death
26 Dec 1941 (aged 34)
Orani, Bataan Province, Central Luzon, Philippines
Monument
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
Plot
Tablets of the Missing - Army
Memorial ID
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Enlistment Army Service No. (ASN): 6258770

Virgil was born in Leon County, Texas. As a young man he worked as a cowboy on the King Ranch in Kingsville, Texas. At the time of his death he was in the US Army with the 34th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group. His mother, Ethel Leon Way Dickey, was given his Purple Heart.
Enlistment Army Service No. (ASN): 6258770

Virgil was born in Leon County, Texas. As a young man he worked as a cowboy on the King Ranch in Kingsville, Texas. At the time of his death he was in the US Army with the 34th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group. His mother, Ethel Leon Way Dickey, was given his Purple Heart.

Bio by: Marla Dickey Lawless

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Texas.



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  • Maintained by: James Durham
  • 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/56748864/virgil_wesley-dickey: accessed ), memorial page for SSgt Virgil Wesley Dickey (13 Sep 1907–26 Dec 1941), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56748864, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by James Durham (contributor 46994633).