MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Dickens, Asa Calloway,Jr

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Dickens​

• FORENAME

Asa Calloway,Jr​

• UNIT

2 Bn (Blue Combat Team)​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

34606140​

• AWARD

Bronze Star​

• PLACE

Burma 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Davie County,North Carolina​

born 1.3.1923 Rockingham County,North Carolina​

son of Asa Calloway and Martha Baxter (nee Widener) Dickens​

farm hand in civilian life​

enlisted 11.2.1943 Camp Croft,South Carolina​

475 Infantry Regiment 1944-45​

achieved rank of Technician Fifth Grade​

married Mary Lois Kindley 5.7.1947 (1929-2010) (1 son 5 daughters)​

last residence Asheboro,North Carolina​

died 26.6.2004 Salisbury,North Carolina​

Providence Baptist Church Cemetery,Ramseur,Randolph County,North Carolina​

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