World War II Honoree

Donald Sherman Pickel

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Oskaloosa, Illinois

Honored By

Robert Medley Gatewood

ENLISTED AT SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, ON THE 22ND DAY OF OCTOBER, 1943 TO SERVE FOR THE DURATION. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AND QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY SPECIALTY OF GREASE AND OIL MAN. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC AREA 19 APRIL 1944-8 MARCH 1946. PARTICIPATED IN ACTION AGAINST THE ENEMY AT PELELIU, PALAU ISLANDS, 15-28 SEPTEMBER 1944, AND AT OKINAWA, RYUKUS ISLANDS, 1 APRIL 1945-21 JUNE 1945. ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE OCCUPATION OF PREVIOUSLY JAPANESE-HELD PARTS OF CHINA FROM 3 OCTOBER 1945-15 FEBRUARY 1946. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A CORPORAL ON MARCH 21, 1946 AT THE MARINE SEPARATION CENTER, NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. EARNED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE BATTLE STARS, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.