Robert Eugene Pickel
Camp Lejeune Visitor Center, Holcomb Blvd, Jacksonville, North Carolina 28547, United States
Date of Birth: 06/28/1930
Date of Death: 06/20/1951
From: Indianapolis, IN
Death Location: Camp Lejeune, NC
Cause of Death:
explosion
Accident: Defective mortar shells fell short during training exercise and exploded among forward positioned Marines. Some eyewitnesses noted that the defects could have been spotted if the ammunition had been more carefully inspected. Instead, the problem was not recognized until seconds after the shells had been fired; there wasn’t enough time to clear the forward positioned Marines.
U.S. Marine Corps: Camp Lejeune NC- 2nd Marine Division
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