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Personal info

Full name
HICKS, Robert Lee
Date of birth
8 July 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Batesville, Indepence County, Arkansas
Hometown
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36195798
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 October 1944
Place of death
Near Embernénil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 45 19

Immediate family

Members
Williams W. Hicks (father)
Minnie P. Hicks (mother)
Benjamin Hicks (brother)
Theda Hicks (sister)
Vivian Hicks (sister)
Clevie Hicks (sister)
William W. Hicks Jr. (brother)
Cornelius Hicks (brother)
Gerene Hicks (sister)
Harlin Hicks (brother)
Jerry Hicks (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Robert L. Hicks worked on a farm before enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 26 March 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire.

He is remembered at the Gassville Cemetery in Gassville, Baxter County, Arkansas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Carolina Dutchman