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HICKS, Floyd Wayne - Date of
birth
7 January 1922 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Ash Grove, Greene County, Missouri -
Hometown
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39567071 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
Automatic Rifleman -
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
31 January 1945 - Place of
death
Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| G | 11 | 13 |
Immediate family
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Members
Cleo F. Hicks (father)
Hazel L. (Spray) Hicks (mother)
Paul E. Hicks (brother)
John R. Hicks (brother)
Zelma M. (Watson) Hicks (wife)
More information
Pfc Floyd W. Hicks graduated from Moscow High School in 1939. He was employed at the Consolidated Shipyard Wilmington California before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 22 March 1943.He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal posthumously. The citation cited: Heavy machine gun fire stopped the advance of the platoon to which Pfc Hicks was assigned. When an American soldier attempted to capture two enemy soldiers holding up their hands in an attitude of surrender, he was shot. Pfc, seeing this action, single-handedly assaulted the position, firing his BAR [Browning Automatic Rifle] from the hip as he advanced. After advancing 75 yards he was fatally wounded by the dense fire. His heroic actions and great personal courage inspired the remaining men of the platoon to initiate an aggressive assault on the enemy and are in accordance with the highest military traditions
The picture, on which he poses with his wife, was taken right before he left to join the Army.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Whitehead Family Tree, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card, www.newspapers.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Rhonda Ashlock