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Personal info

Full name
BRICKER, Ezra
Date of birth
7 November 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
St. Charles County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
34883057
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
The woods near the Rocherath Strasse, north of Krinkelt on the Belgian-German border

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 15 7

Immediate family

Members
John D. Bricker (father)
Mary E. (Tillotson) Bricker (mother)
Ira E. Bricker (brother)
George C. Bricker (brother)
Genevieve F. Bricker (brother)
Lawrence J. Bricker (brother)
Anne M. (Fromme) Bricker (wife)

More information

Pfc Ezra Bricker enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 12 August 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment
Record, www.ancestry.com, www.history.army.mil/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, www.ibiblio.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet