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Personal info

Full name
HICKS, Volney Wesley
Date of birth
21 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Crossville, De Kalb County, Alabama
Hometown
Chavies, DeKalb County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34973578
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 33 24

Immediate family

Members
William W. Hicks (father)
Ada L. (Cooper) Hicks (mother)
William E. Hicks (brother)
Josie M. Hicks (sister)
Seaburn T. Hicks (brother)
Minnie L. Hicks (sister)
Hoyt O. Hicks (brother)
Annie M. Hicks (sister)
Wilbur C. Hicks (brother)
Virginia G. Hicks (wife)

More information

Pvt Volney W. Hicks enlisted at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia on 24 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hicks Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy