Lyle Wilmot Hick, World War II CasualtyPorter County Data on World War II Casualties . . . .
Lyle Wilmot Hick
Flight Sergeant, Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Birth: March 25, 1920
Date of Death: April 25, 1944
Burial: The Netherlands
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Hometown: Valparaiso
Service Note: Lyle Wilmot Hick was one of thousands of Americans enlisted in the
Royal Canadian Air Force prior to the United States' entrance into World War II
on December 8, 1941.
Newspaper Notices:
One Killed, One Missing On List Today
A former Valparaiso taxicab driver, reported missing in Europe, has been
reported dead, and a Porter county marine is reported missing in the South
Pacific according to casualty announcements made today.
Flight Sergeant Lyle Wilmot Hick, 24, formerly employed as a taxicab driver by
the Deluxe Cab company, Valparaiso, was killed in action over the Reich on April
25, 1944, according to word received by Mrs. Wallace Grimm from Mr. and Mrs.
William Hick of Barrington, Ill., parents of the dead aviator.
In a previous report Sgt. Hick was reported missing, but advice received by the
International Red Cross Society at Geneva, through German information stated
Hick lost his life and his body was recovered on April 25, this year. He was
buried in the Communal cemetery, in Holland.
Sgt. Hick was a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force and prior to joining the
service was employed at the Deluxe Cab company here. He went overseas in
January, 1942.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Jones, of Jackson township, Porter county, have received
word that their son, Marine Pvt. 1st Class Thomas Jones, Jr., was reported
missing in action in the South Pacific area on August 18. A brother, Arnold, is
a member of the U. S. Navy. The father served in the Navy in World War I.
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Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana;
October 19, 1944; Volume 18, Page 1, Column 5
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Information abstracted and transcribed by Steven R. Shook