Merle Robert Hicks

Plot Number: Sec G, Site 860

Born: October 26, 1921, in Butts, MO

War Served: World War II

Rank: 2nd Lieutenant

Branch: Army 

Medals Awarded: Bronze Star, Purple Heart

Died: December 22, 2013, in Yakima, WA

Notes: Served as a combat infantryman with the 104th Infantry, also known as the "Timberwolves," in the European theater, earned the Bronze Star Medal for protecting his company by takinig out an enemy machine gun position, worked as a supervisor in the bag manufacturing industry