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Pvt Howard Benedict Hicks

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Pvt Howard Benedict Hicks

Birth
Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
Death
28 Nov 1944 (aged 32)
Germany
Burial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map
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Plot E, Row 8, Grave 12
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Combat Organization: 279th Engineers Combat Battalion.

Pvt Howard Hicks had the dangerous job of clearing out mine fields so the infantry could attack in the area. On November 28th, he was helping to deactivate a mine field in advance of the 84th Division and he stepped on a Schu (Shoe) mine and was killed instantly. The location was outside of the town of Beck, Germany.
RE: Laura Phillips
Combat Organization: 279th Engineers Combat Battalion.

Pvt Howard Hicks had the dangerous job of clearing out mine fields so the infantry could attack in the area. On November 28th, he was helping to deactivate a mine field in advance of the 84th Division and he stepped on a Schu (Shoe) mine and was killed instantly. The location was outside of the town of Beck, Germany.
RE: Laura Phillips

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Entered the service from Kentucky.

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