Service Number: 928398

Marine Corps Reserve

Enlisted: (unknown)

Platoon: Rifle

Hometown: Wells, MN

Next Of Kin: Wife, Mrs Florence Dickman

Born: December 4, 1918
Died: February 23, 1945

Campaigns Served: Iwo Jima (killed)
Highest Rank Attained: Private First Class
Decorations:
Purple Heart

Rifleman Manville Dickman joined Charlie Company in the fall of 1944. He left his wife Florence and infant daughter Sharon waiting in Minnesota.

Dickman would never see his family again. He was killed on February 23, 1945, during the battle of Iwo Jima.

Today, Dickman is buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Wells, Minnesota.

dickman grave

Photo by Sandra, FindAGrave.com volunteer.