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ARICKX, Leon 1918-1941

ARICKX, VERGATE

Posted By: County Coordinator (kermit)
Date: 2/19/2013 at 22:33:20

Birth: Dec. 28, 1918, Minnesota.

Death: Dec. 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Leon was a Navy Seaman First Class aboard the USS Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor, when the Japanese attacked in 1941. He was declared missing in action; and was awarded the Purple Heart.

Parents:
Charles Louis Arickx (1874-1959)
Erma Marie Vergate Arickx (1884-1962)

Inscription:
Sea1c -- Seaman, First Class

It is believed that his body is still missing, but there are "memorials" at Pearl Harbor and at Sacred Heart Cemetery at Osage, Iowa.

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See also:
Find A Grave Memorial# 45385526
Find A Grave Memorial# 77247282
Find A Grave Memorial# 56114195

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Photo is from a findagrave.com memorial.

Tombstone at Sacred Heart Cemetery at Osage.

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