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Personal info

Full name
DICK, Homer H
Date of birth
20 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
42096056
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Urschenheim – Kunzheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 29 24

Immediate family

Members
August Dick (father)
Lillian Dick (mother)
Margaret Dick (sister)
James Dick (brother)
Sara C. (Knott) Dick (wife)
Catherine M. Dick (daughter)
Elizabeth Dick (daughter)
Homer H. Dick Jr. (son)
James F. Dick (son)

More information

Pvt Homer H. Dick was a production worker before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 25 July 1945.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the abdomen, pelvis and back.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy