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Emanuel Pickett
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Name: Army Staff Sgt. Emanuel Pickett
Age: 34
From: Teachey, N.C.;
Assigned to the 1132nd Military Police Company, North Carolina Army National Guard, Rocky Mount, N.C.;
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Emanuel Pickett died April 6 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked with indirect fire.
Died: April 06, 2008
N.C. Guardsman dies, 14 wounded in Iraq attack
The Associated Press
Age: 34
From: Teachey, N.C.;
Assigned to the 1132nd Military Police Company, North Carolina Army National Guard, Rocky Mount, N.C.;
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Emanuel Pickett died April 6 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked with indirect fire.
Died: April 06, 2008
N.C. Guardsman dies, 14 wounded in Iraq attack
The Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina National Guard soldier died in an attack on a military police base in Baghdad, and 14 other soldiers assigned to the unit were injured, the military said Tuesday.
Staff Sgt. Emanuel Pickett, 34, of Wallace, died Sunday after the mortar or rocket attack, said guard spokesman Maj. Matt Handley. A police officer in Wallace, he was assigned to the 1132nd Military Police Company in Rocky Mount. The company mobilized in June and deployed with 120 soldiers to Iraq in September. The unit is scheduled to return home this fall, Handley said.
Handley said the wounded included nine soldiers from the North Carolina National Guard and...
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the 1132nd Military Police Company, North Carolina Army National Guard, Rocky Mount, N.C.;
Incident
Army Staff Sgt. Emanuel Pickett died April 6 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked with indirect fire.
Prayers & Messages
Emanuel Pickett
2011-09-03
I will always love you my friend. I miss you dearly.
Emanuel Pickett
2008-05-12
Your sacrifice will remain in our hearts for a lifetime,
with intense gratitude. May God bless you and your family.
Rest Safely and Securely in God's Loving Arms.
Emanuel Pickett
2008-04-14
I worked beside you for eight years and we both watched each others backs. You were like family to me Eman and I loved you like a brother. You will be missed by many and never forgotten. My thoughts and prayers are with your family and children. To me you will always be WPD 203 and now you patrol the streets in HEAVEN..... THANK YOU FOR OUR FREEDOM! Unitl we me again brother, E.J. HUBBARD
Emanuel Pickett
2008-04-10
THANKYOU MY FRIEND AND COWORKER FOR PAYING THE ULTIMATE PRICE. JOHN 15:13 SAYS,
NO GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND. WE WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR US HERE AND ABROAD. WE MISS YOU SO MUCH.
MAY YOU REST IN PEACE UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN.
SUSAN
Emanuel Pickett
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.