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Personal info

Full name
SIKES, Willie E
Date of birth
23 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Louisiana
Hometown
Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
14010826
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 15 25

Immediate family

Members
James E. Sikes (father)
Alice Sikes(mother)
Eddie Sikes (brother)
Sibel Sikes (sister)
Philip Sikes (brother)
Truman Sikes (brother)

More information

Pfc Willie E. Sikes worked on a farm before he joined the Regular Army in Jackson, Mississippi 16 August 1940.

Pfc Willie E. Sikes was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Note: In the ABMC database, the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment is incorrectly listed as a Battalion

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment
Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet