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Personal info

Full name
MICA, Alois Joseph
Date of birth
31 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
St. Louis, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37377931
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Stoumont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 10 46

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Mica (father)
Josephine (Mana) Mica (mother)
Frank J. Mica (brother)
Lucille Mica (sister)
Josephine Mica (sister)
John P. Mica (brother)
Angela J. Mica (sister)
Charles Mica (brother)
Lydia Mica (sister)
Marie H. Mica (sister)
Joseph Mica (brother)

More information

Sgt Alois J. Mica enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 14 August 1942.

He received the Purple Heart the first time for wounds suffered on 30 July 1944 in France.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Karen Smith (grandniece), Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Medic Family Tree, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Karen Smith, Ralph Peeters - St. Louis Post Dispatch 4 January 1945