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S1 Leon Paul Arickx
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S1 Leon Paul Arickx

Birth
Minnesota, USA
Death
7 Dec 1941 (aged 22)
Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Monument
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot
Courts of the Missing, Court 5 -- Cenotaph
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Age: 22

Navy Seaman First Class aboard the USS Oklahoma

Missing in action during the attack on Pearl Harbor

OSAGE COUPLE GIVEN DECORATION
AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY TO SON
Osage, Ia.--Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arickx of Mitchell have received the Purple Heart award, posthumously awarded to their son, Leon Arickx, seaman first class, who lost his life in action at Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941. The certificate of award and the purple heart medal were sent by Frank Knox, secretary of the navy. Leon was aboard the Oklahoma.
Waterloo Daily Courier
Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa
Thu 8 Jul 1943, p17
(with thanks to Eric A in Topeka for this research)

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Age: 22

Navy Seaman First Class aboard the USS Oklahoma

Missing in action during the attack on Pearl Harbor

OSAGE COUPLE GIVEN DECORATION
AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY TO SON
Osage, Ia.--Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arickx of Mitchell have received the Purple Heart award, posthumously awarded to their son, Leon Arickx, seaman first class, who lost his life in action at Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941. The certificate of award and the purple heart medal were sent by Frank Knox, secretary of the navy. Leon was aboard the Oklahoma.
Waterloo Daily Courier
Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa
Thu 8 Jul 1943, p17
(with thanks to Eric A in Topeka for this research)

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