ARICKX, Leon 1918-1941

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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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Obituary: 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. -------------------------------------------- See also: Find A Grave Memorial# 45385526 Find A Grave Memorial# 77247282 Find A Grave Memorial# 56114195 --------------------------------------------- Photo is from a findagrave.com memorial.
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