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Sedric M. Hilliker

Private, U.S. Army

Service #19032505

Assigned to F Battery,
59th Coast Artillery Regiment,
Philippine Islands

Died on July 22, 1943
At or Near Osaka Main Camp Osaka, Japan
Officially Listed as Died Non-Battle
While In Prisoner of War Status

Awards:

Prisoner of War
Medal*

American Campaign
Service Medal*

Asiatic-Pacific
Campaign Medal*

World War II
Victory Medal*

These awards are based on the information below and per applicable DoD Directives and Awards Manuals:
Prisoner of War Medal Authorized for issue to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the Armed Forces, was taken prisoner and held captive after April 5, 1917.
American Campaign Service Medal Awarded for military service within the American Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal Awarded for military service with the Asiatic-Pacific Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
World War II Victory Medal Awarded for military service between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946, both dates inclusive.

*Awarded Posthumously

PVT Hilliker may have entered the US Army from Idaho,
and his loss is recorded in the
Idaho World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, page 2, Benewah County,
published by the War Department in June 1946.

His name is not found on the American Battle Monuments Commission website.

The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
World War II Prisoners of War Data File, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946

SERIAL NUMBER

19032505

NAME

HILLIKER SEDRIC M.

GRADE, ALPHA

Private

SERVICE CODE

ARMY

ARM OR SERVICE

Coast Artillery Corps or Army Mine Planter Service

DATE REPORT

5/7/1942

RACE

WHITE

STATE OF RESIDENCE

Idaho

TYPE OF ORGANIZATION

(No Data Entered)

PARENT UNIT NUMBER

(No Data Entered)

PARENT UNIT TYPE

(No Data Entered)

AREA

Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands

LATEST REPORT DATE

7/22/1943

SOURCE OF REPORT

Sources considered official.

STATUS

Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases

DETAINING POWER

JAPAN

CAMP

Osaka Main Camp Chikko Osaka 34-135

REP

(No Data Entered)

POW TRANSPORT SHIPS

(No Data Entered)

Online Related Information:

Osaka Main POW Camp by mansell.com Center for Research - Allied POWs Under the Japanese

The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)

NO RECORDS FOUND

The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
World War II Prisoners of the Japanese File, 2007 Update, ca. 1941 - ca. 1945

NAME

HILLIKER SEDRIC M.

RANK

Private

SERVICE NUMBER

19032505

ARM OR SERVICE

Coast Artillery Corps

SOURCE 1

59th CA Regt roster of March 31 1941 - Corregidor Historical Society

SOURCE 2

(No Data Entered)

SOURCE 3

(No Data Entered)

SUBORDINATE UNIT

F Battery

ASSIGNED UNIT

59th Coast Artillery Regiment

PARENT UNIT

Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays

POW CAMPS NOTES

(No Data Entered)

Online Related Information:

No Additional Data Available at This Time

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