The casketed remains of Pfc. Kenneth Bricker were returned to Clay City, Tuesday night, from a military cemetery in Italy where he was killed while serving with the U. S. Army on November 20, 1943.
Funeral services were held at the Easley-Padgett chapel, with Rev. Fred Gordon officiating. Interment was made in the Clay City Cemetery. Military rites were performed by the American Legion.
The deceased was the son of Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Bricker, who survive. He also is survived by brothers, Roy, Ivan & Harold; two sisters Evelyn Sullens & Helen Smith.
He was born and raised in Clay City and attended school there. Before his induction into the service in February, 1942, he was employed as a truck driver. He was 25 years of age at the time of his death.
Illinois
PFC 142 INF
World War II
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WITH COMPANY A, 142ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 36TH INFANTRY DIVISION. ENTERED COMBAT AT SALERNO BEACH, ITALY ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1943 AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON NOVEMBER 30, 1943. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL AND WAS OTHERWISE ENTITLED TO THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH AT LEAST ONE BRONZE BATTLE STAR AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. BURIED WITH MILITARY HONORS AT CLAY CITY CEMETERY, CLAY CITY, ILLINOIS. HONORED ALSO AT THE WWII MEMORIAL IN FLORA, ILLINOIS.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
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Funeral services were held at the Easley-Padgett chapel, with Rev. Fred Gordon officiating. Interment was made in the Clay City Cemetery. Military rites were performed by the American Legion.
The deceased was the son of Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Bricker, who survive. He also is survived by brothers, Roy, Ivan & Harold; two sisters Evelyn Sullens & Helen Smith.
He was born and raised in Clay City and attended school there. Before his induction into the service in February, 1942, he was employed as a truck driver. He was 25 years of age at the time of his death.
Illinois
PFC 142 INF
World War II
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WITH COMPANY A, 142ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 36TH INFANTRY DIVISION. ENTERED COMBAT AT SALERNO BEACH, ITALY ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1943 AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON NOVEMBER 30, 1943. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL AND WAS OTHERWISE ENTITLED TO THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH AT LEAST ONE BRONZE BATTLE STAR AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. BURIED WITH MILITARY HONORS AT CLAY CITY CEMETERY, CLAY CITY, ILLINOIS. HONORED ALSO AT THE WWII MEMORIAL IN FLORA, ILLINOIS.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
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The casketed remains of Pfc. Kenneth Bricker were returned to Clay City, Tuesday night, from a military cemetery in Italy where he was killed while serving with the U. S. Army on November 20, 1943.
Funeral services were held at the Easley-Padgett chapel, with Rev. Fred Gordon officiating. Interment was made in the Clay City Cemetery. Military rites were performed by the American Legion.
The deceased was the son of Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Bricker, who survive. He also is survived by brothers, Roy, Ivan & Harold; two sisters Evelyn Sullens & Helen Smith.
He was born and raised in Clay City and attended school there. Before his induction into the service in February, 1942, he was employed as a truck driver. He was 25 years of age at the time of his death.
Illinois
PFC 142 INF
World War II
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WITH COMPANY A, 142ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 36TH INFANTRY DIVISION. ENTERED COMBAT AT SALERNO BEACH, ITALY ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1943 AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON NOVEMBER 30, 1943. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL AND WAS OTHERWISE ENTITLED TO THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH AT LEAST ONE BRONZE BATTLE STAR AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. BURIED WITH MILITARY HONORS AT CLAY CITY CEMETERY, CLAY CITY, ILLINOIS. HONORED ALSO AT THE WWII MEMORIAL IN FLORA, ILLINOIS.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
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Funeral services were held at the Easley-Padgett chapel, with Rev. Fred Gordon officiating. Interment was made in the Clay City Cemetery. Military rites were performed by the American Legion.
The deceased was the son of Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Bricker, who survive. He also is survived by brothers, Roy, Ivan & Harold; two sisters Evelyn Sullens & Helen Smith.
He was born and raised in Clay City and attended school there. Before his induction into the service in February, 1942, he was employed as a truck driver. He was 25 years of age at the time of his death.
Illinois
PFC 142 INF
World War II
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WITH COMPANY A, 142ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 36TH INFANTRY DIVISION. ENTERED COMBAT AT SALERNO BEACH, ITALY ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1943 AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON NOVEMBER 30, 1943. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL AND WAS OTHERWISE ENTITLED TO THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH AT LEAST ONE BRONZE BATTLE STAR AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. BURIED WITH MILITARY HONORS AT CLAY CITY CEMETERY, CLAY CITY, ILLINOIS. HONORED ALSO AT THE WWII MEMORIAL IN FLORA, ILLINOIS.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
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