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Personal info

Full name
FLICK, John A
Date of birth
19 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Rudolph, Wood County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Rudolph, Wood County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36228576
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Saint-Jure, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 13 15

Immediate family

Members
William Flick (father)
Lena (Van den Heuvel) Flick (mother)
Charlie Flick (brother)
Viola M. Flick (sister)
Mary T. Flick (sister)
Joseph Flick (brother)
Anthony Flick (brother)

More information

Pvt John A. Flick attended high school for one year and worked on a fur farm before he joined the Regular Army at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 18 November 1941 and went overseas in April 1944.

His brother Charles also served during the European campaign and was seriously wounded in action in France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune / Akins Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Daily Tribune