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Personal info

Full name
HICKEY, Weldon J
Date of birth
27 March 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas
Hometown
Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38094760
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
Near Pachten, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Marcus E. Hickey (father)
Valley E. (Wood) Hickey (mother)
Wesley E. Hickey (brother)
Anna M. Hickey (sister)
Inez L. Hickey (sister)
John W. Hickey (brother)
Lendon W. Hickey (brother)
Leslie T. Hickey (brother)
Robert L. Hickey (brother)
Marcus L. Hickey (brother)
Mary L. Hickey (sister)

More information

T/5 Weldon J. Hickey worked on a farm before he enlisted in Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 17 March 1942.

He is also remembered at the Hickey Cemetery in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com - James Coston, www.ancestry.com - Louise Connor Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Carolyn Hickey DeLeon

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman, www.ancestry.com - tsre / Sheila Messman