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Personal info

Full name
ICARD, Billy Jean
Date of birth
17 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Burke County, North Carolina
Hometown
Icard, Burke County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34897842
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Dié, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 30 34

Immediate family

Members
Willy Icard (father)
Annie (Smith) Icard (mother)
Claywell Icard (brother)
Russell Icard (brother)
Clifton Icard (brother)
Aumlan Icard (brother)
Jack Icard (brother)
Hilde Icard (sister)
Juanita Icard (sister)

More information

Pw Billy J. Icard was a farmhand employed at the Loy Berry .
He enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 27 December 1942.
He was killed by small arms fire.

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 - Andy