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Personal info

Full name
RICKS, Edward
Date of birth
18 August 1913
Age
32
Place of birth
Prairie County, Arkansas
Hometown
Union, Prairie County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38664330
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
21 December 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
William L. Ricks (father)
Nancy A. (Beggs) Ricks (mother)
Lloyd E. Ricks (brother)
Olen Q. Ricks (brother)
Ellie M. Ricks (sister)
Drewie Ricks (brother)
Grace V. Ricks (sister)
Dolphie H. Ricks (brother)
Cecil R. Ricks (brother)
Ella M. (Floyd) Ricks (wife)
Billie F. Ricks (son)
Edward J. Ricks Jr. (son)
Geraldine Ricks (daughter)
Arlene Ricks (daughter)

More information

Pvt Edward Ricks was engaged in farming in Carlisle.

He was officially declared dead one year and one day after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Babb Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Craig Gates, www.findagrave.com - Karla Johnson