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Personal info

Full name
HICKS, George C
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

Military service

Service number
39410839
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
In the Chateau-Salins vicinity, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 25 47

Immediate family

Members
Ovid D. Hicks (father)
Isabel Hicks (mother)
Jennie Hicks (sister)

More information

Sgt George C. Hicks enlisted in Sacramento, California on 23 February 1943.

His initial burial took place on Limey Cemetery, Toul, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

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