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Captain Opie Edward Chick
 
 
== Captain Opie Edward Chick ==
 
  
 
''26 June 1910 &#8211; 30 June 1944''
 
''26 June 1910 &#8211; 30 June 1944''
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''Recipient of the [[Wikipedia:Purple Heart|Purple Heart]] and [[Wikipedia:Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]]''
 
''Recipient of the [[Wikipedia:Purple Heart|Purple Heart]] and [[Wikipedia:Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]]''
 
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== Personal History ==
 
== Personal History ==
  
Chick was born in Saline Township, Cleburne County, AR. He attended Arkansas State Teachers College, now known as [http://uca.edu 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.
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Chick was born in Saline Township, AR. He attended Arkansas State Teachers College, now known as [[Wikipedia:University_of_Central_Arkansas| 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). After attending undergrad at UCA and graduate school at UAMS, his son became a pulmonologist.  
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Chick married Ruby Threlkeld Chick on December 31, 1938 in Weakley County, Tennessee, and had one child with her, Thomas Wesley Chick (born 1940). After attending undergrad at UCA and graduate school at [[Wikipedia:University_of_Arkansas_for_Medical_Sciences| UAMS]], his son became a pulmonologist.
  
 
He enlisted in the 175th Infantry, 29th Division of the Army, Tennessee, on September 16, 1940.
 
He enlisted in the 175th Infantry, 29th Division of the Army, Tennessee, on September 16, 1940.
 
== Death ==
 
  
 
Chick was killed in action in Normandy, France. He is buried in [[Wikipedia:Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial|Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial]] in France. His wife never remarried.
 
Chick was killed in action in Normandy, France. He is buried in [[Wikipedia:Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial|Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial]] in France. His wife never remarried.
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Captain Opie Edward Chick

26 June 1910 – 30 June 1944

Automobile salesman

Recipient of the Purple Heart and Bronze Star

Personal History

Chick was born in Saline Township, 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). 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.

Chick was killed in action in Normandy, France. He is buried in Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France. His wife never remarried.

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