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Personal info

Full name
VICK, James Wilson
Date of birth
13 November 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Whitakers, Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Hometown
Halifax County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34007893
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
630th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 8 39

Immediate family

Members
James A. Vick (father)
Mary E. Vick (mother)
Mary E. Vick (sister)

More information

Sgt James W. Vick was sent overseas in June, 1944

He was taken prioner on 24 December 1944 and died of his wounds in a German field hospital the next day.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census

Photo source: Jac Engels, The News and Observer 26 January 1945