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Personal info

Full name
HICKS, Clifford James
Date of birth
6 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Hitchins, Carter County, Kentucky
Hometown
Boyd County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35636487
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
14th Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 6 60

Immediate family

Members
Edgar Hicks (father)
Mary (Enyort) Hicks (mother)
Delbert Hicks (brother)
Susie Hicks (sister)
Edward Hicks (brother)
Hazel Hicks (sister)
Helen Hicks (sister)
Douglas Hicks (brother)
Glenn Hicks (brother)

More information

Pfc Clifford J. Hicks enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 22 October 1942.

He was first buried at Block J4, Row 5, Grave 94.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet