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Personal info

Full name
HICKS, John Powers
Date of birth
5 January 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36658463
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 October 1944
Place of death
Zundert, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 4 6

Immediate family

Members
Percy R. Hicks (father)
Florence L. (Ledwidge) Hicks (mother)
Virginia R. Hicks (sister)
Robert L. Hicks (brother)
William D. Hicks (brother)

More information

Pfc John P. Hicks graduated from New Trier Township High School and attended the University of Illinois.

He enlisted in April 1943 while he was a freshman at the University.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bellman Family Tree, Monty McDaniel and Chicago Tribune - 12 November 1944

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Monty McDaniel and Chicago Tribune - 12 November 1944