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James W. Bolt

October 12, 2006

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Hostile, Died While Captured (POW) - Army - HQ BTRY 63 ART BN (105MM) 24 INF DIV

Name:	CPL CHESTER SIMS HICKS
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Casualty Date:	July 14, 1950
Date Of Final Status:	July 14, 1950
MOS:	5704
IDNO:	RA14298511
Birth Year:	1929
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Home:	MADISONVILLE TN
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Ethnic On Record:	Caucasian
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Known Location:	SAMGYO-RI
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Editor Comments:	Corporal Hicks was a member of Headquarters Battery, 63rd Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy along the Kum River, South Korea on July 14, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on December 23, 1950. His remains were not recovered.