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Personal info

Full name
BICA, Thomas
Date of birth
2 August 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Sicily, Italy
Hometown
Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31460337
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
Inden-Altdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 9 13

Immediate family

Members
Guiseppe Bica (father)
Filippa Bica (mother)
Joseph Bica (brother)
Lawrence Bica (brother)
Catherine C. (Russo) Bica (wife)
Joseph L. Bica (son)
John F. Bica (son)

More information

Thomas Bica was married to Catherine Camilla Russo on 29 January 1938.

He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 31 March 1944 and was sent overseas on 18 September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, The Fitchburg Sentinel 28 December 1944, www.oldhickory30th.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Niels Duits