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Ozro Dickerson

Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army

Service #19021122

Assigned to the Engineer Depot,
109th Infantry Division,
Philippine Islands

Died on October 31, 1942
Officially Listed as Died Non-Battle
While In Prisoner of War Status

Awards:

Prisoner of War
Medal*

American Defense
Service Medal*

American Campaign
Service Medal*

Asiatic-Pacific
Campaign Medal*

World War II
Victory Medal*

These awards are based on the information below and per applicable DoD Directives and Awards Manuals:
Prisoner of War Medal Authorized for issue to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the Armed Forces, was taken prisoner and held captive after April 5, 1917.
American Defense Service Medal Awarded for service between September 8, 1939 and December 7, 1941 under orders to active duty for a period of 12 months or longer.
American Campaign Service Medal Awarded for military service within the American Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal Awarded for military service with the Asiatic-Pacific Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
World War II Victory Medal Awarded for military service between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946, both dates inclusive.

*Awarded Posthumously

T SG Ozro Dickerson may have entered the US Army from Idaho,
and his loss is recorded in the
Idaho World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, page 1, Ada County,
published by the War Department in June 1946.

His name is not found on the American Battle Monuments Commission website.

The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
World War II Prisoners of War Data File, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946

SERIAL NUMBER

19021122

NAME

DICKERSON OZRO

GRADE, ALPHA

Sergeant

SERVICE CODE

ARMY

ARM OR SERVICE

Corps of Engineers

DATE REPORT

5/7/1942

RACE

WHITE

STATE OF RESIDENCE

Idaho

TYPE OF ORGANIZATION

Undefined Code

PARENT UNIT NUMBER

7260

PARENT UNIT TYPE

109th Infantry Division

AREA

Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands

LATEST REPORT DATE

10/31/1942

SOURCE OF REPORT

Sources considered official.

STATUS

Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases

DETAINING POWER

JAPAN

CAMP

Philippines Unstated Philippines 14-121

REP

(No Data Entered)

POW TRANSPORT SHIPS

(No Data Entered)

Online Related Information:

No Additional Data Available at This Time

The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)

NO RECORDS FOUND

The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
World War II Prisoners of the Japanese File, 2007 Update, ca. 1941 - ca. 1945

NAME

DICKERSON OZRO

RANK

Sergeant

SERVICE NUMBER

19021122

ARM OR SERVICE

Corps of Engineers

SOURCE 1

NARA World War II POWs database

SOURCE 2

(No Data Entered)

SOURCE 3

(No Data Entered)

SUBORDINATE UNIT

Engineer Depot

ASSIGNED UNIT

Philippine Department

PARENT UNIT

(No Data Entered)

POW CAMPS NOTES

(No Data Entered)

Online Related Information:

No Additional Data Available at This Time

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