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Personal info

Full name
HICKS, James B
Date of birth
15 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Oxford, Montgomery County, North Carolina
Hometown
Montgomery County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
44011132
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
Kleinschmalkalden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 8 16

Immediate family

Members
Nathan Hicks (father)
Beatrice Hicks (mother)
Lucille Hicks (sister)
LaRue Hicks (sister)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.in-honored-glory.info/, ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards for Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Fred