Opie Chick

Captain Opie Edward Chick

June 26, 1910 – June 30, 1944

Automobile salesman

Killed in action in Normandy, France

Buried in American Cemetery, Normandy, France

Recipient of the Purple Heart and Bronze Star

Personal History

Chick was born in Saline Township, Cleburne County, AR. He attended UCA, at the time called Arkansas State Teachers College, 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.