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Personal info

Full name
QUICK, John Hardy
Date of birth
16 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Mississippi
Hometown
Highland City, Bay County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34207683
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
355th Infantry Regiment,
89th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 May 1945
Place of death
Olsnitz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 5 11

Immediate family

Members
Midas M. Quick (father)
Arkann (Whitehead) Quick (mother)
Scranton Quick (brother)
Nellie M. Quick (sister)
Bonnie Quick (sister)
Andrew J. Quick (brother)
Andrew Quick (brother)
Russ Quick (brother)
Hubert Quick (brother)
J. C. Quick (brother)
Grace Quick (sister)

More information

John H. Quick worked as a teamster and was single before he enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 20 June 1942.

He was killed in a fire fight.

Source of information: Jac Engels, John Pope, Enlistment Record / National Archives, Family trees John Hrady Quick, ABMC / WWII Memorial, National Archives / WWII Memorial, CWGC-ABMC / Find A Grave, http://89thinfdivww2.org/memories/companyi_1.htm

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Panama City News-Herald 28 May 1945