Lance Cpl. Aaron Clayton Pickering
Born on Oct. 28, 1984 in Harrisburg, IL
Died on Nov. 10, 2004, near Fallujah, Iraq
Lance Cpl. Aaron C. Pickering was a student at Marion Illinois High School until his junior year, when he transferred to Harrisburg. Aaron excelled at golf, he was all-conference his freshman and sophomore years, finishing 2nd his freshman year. He also loved to hunt and fish and won 1st place in the 58th Illinois State Championship Junior Goose Calling contest and he won a Senior Goose Calling contest in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated in 2002 and the following year enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. This was his dream; he was a fighter would not give up on his dream. He was not afraid of anything and loved the Marine life. Aaron was initially trained at Camp Pendleton then transferred to the Marine Corps Base in Hawaii. Aaron left for Iraq in August 2004, assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Two weeks after turning 20 years old, Aaron’s life was taken as a result of enemy action. The following day, Veteran’s Day, his family was notified of his death. Aaron’s only other sibling was his sister Carrie Brooke Pickering who was killed in an automobile accident in 1999 when she was 17. Aaron is survived by his mother and stepfather, Lisa and Sam Short; father and stepmother, Carl and Theresa Pickering; stepbrothers Travis Short, Dustin Short and Dylan Short; stepsister, Christine Harmon; and several other relatives.
He was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Marion, Illinois.
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