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Personal info

Full name
HONICKER, Robert G
Date of birth
14 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Cecil County, Maryland
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
33492871
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 October 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 2 2

Immediate family

Members
Ray C. Honicker (father)
Catherine F. (Gessick) Honicker (mother)
Gilbert F. Honicker (brother)

More information

Sgt Robert G. Honicker was a welder before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 27 November 1942. He was a veteran of the campaigns in North Africa and Sicily.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - RussPickett, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, www.newspapers.com - Shamokin News-Dispatch

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet , www.newspapers.com - Shamokin News-Dispatch