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First Name:
Leonard
Last Name:
Pickering
Type: Light Keeper
Image Source:
The Times
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Born:
1920
Died:
1946.04.01
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Place:
Title / Position:
USCG
Cause of Termination:
Died
Year Started:
1945
Year Departed:
1946
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Newspaper Articles
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Oct 12, 2018
In the early hours of April 1, 1946, Leonard Pickering, was one of five service men killed when Scotch Cap Lighthouse experienced a tidal wave that destroyed the building and ended their lives. The remains of four of the men's bodies were not identifiable and they were placed in a common casket and buried in a common grave on site. In 1948, the unidentifiable remains were unearthed and interred at Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Nebraska.