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SIKES, Donald Wade - Date of
birth
4 March 1922 -
Age
22 -
Place of birth
Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma -
Hometown
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma -
Ethnicity
White
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
18132983 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
Automatic Rifleman -
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
409th Infantry Regiment,
103rd Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart with two Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
25 November 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Lubine, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 23 | 1 |
Immediate family
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Members
Richard H. Sikes (father)
Margaret N. (Boone) Sikes (mother)
Robert E. Sikes (brother)
Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, Headstone and Interment Records, New York Births 1910-1965, http://103divwwii.usm.edu/409th-regiment.html - Unit Journal for November 1944, WWII Draft Card, http://103divwwii.usm.edu/assets/mr-409-e-by-name.pdf
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight Anderson, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks, 1900-1990, Oklahoma City, Classen High School 1941.