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Revision as of 11:36, 17 April 2016
Captain Opie Edward Chick
June 26, 1910 – June 30, 1944
Automobile salesman
Recipient of the Purple Heart and Bronze Star
Personal History
Chick was born in Saline Township, Cleburne County, AR. He attended Arkansas State Teachers College, now known as UCA, in 1928 (winter) and 1933 (spring). His parents were Mrs. H.W. Montgomery, Chester Arthur Chick (1883-1914), Dollie May Henry (1890-1970), and Henry W. Montgomery, step-father (1883-1958). He had no siblings.
Chick married Ruby Threlkeld Chick on December 31, 1938 in Weakley, County, Tennessee, and had one child with her, Thomas Wesley Chick (born 1940). His wife never remarried. After attending undergrad at UCA and graduate school at UAMS, his son became a pulmonologist.
He enlisted in the 175th Infantry, 29th Division of the Army, Tennessee, on September 16, 1940.
Death
- Killed in action in Normandy, France
- Buried in American Cemetery, Normandy, France
