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Personal info

Full name
HICKEY, Robert Anthony
Date of birth
9 April 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39110464
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
56th Armored Infantry Battalion,
12th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
31 January 1945
Place of death
Malschbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 6 16

More information

S/Sgt Robert A. Hickey was a meat cutter before he enlisted in San Francisco, California on 20 October 1942.

He was taken prisoner and died of his wounds in Stalag V-A.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoner of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.12tharmoredmuseum.com
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