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Personal info

Full name
SIDES, Addie Franklin
Date of birth
30 April 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Hometown
Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34211168
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bizory, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 2 3

Immediate family

Members
Thomas F. Sides (father)
Ada V. (Stough) Sides (mother)
Raymond W. Sides (brother)
Brodus A. Sides (brother)
Sallie Sides (sister)
Lottie Sides (sister)
Mary Sides (sister)

More information

Pfc Addie F. Sides worked at the Cannon Mills textile manufacturing plant before he enlisted at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 16 February 1942. He was sent overseas in January 1944.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – B24CoPilotNiece, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – B24CoPilotNiece