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Personal info

Full name
HICKS, John Allen
Date of birth
15 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Sacramento County, California
Hometown
Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38407131
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Létricourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 9 52

Immediate family

Members
William A. Hicks (father)
Ora L. (Curron) Hicks (mother)
William A. Hicks (brother)
James H. Hicks (brother)
Martha R. Hicks (sister)

More information

Pvt John A. Hicks attended high school for three years and was employed by Hary Stoner Farmer's Products before he enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 5 July 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his abdomen.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S.WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards / Boyd - Mc Farland Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael Beach