669th BS Patch

416th Bombardment Group (L)

Sgt. Charles Milton Kiker

Airplane Mechanic - Gunner,  12031996

Killed In Action - Jan 14, 1945

669th Bombardment Squadron (L)

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  Born: 08-Jun-1920, Philadelphia, , Pennsylvania

Entered Military Service: Date: 21-Jul-1941 At: New York City, NY From: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
NARA Enlistment Record: Enlisted Serial # 12031996

Missing: Memorial at Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France, Tablets of the Missing

On-line Memorials:
National World War II Registry     Overseas American Cemeteries
American Battle Monuments Commission Memorial, Certificate
Find-A-Grave (1)     Find-A-Grave (2)
Fields of Honor Database


29 in Phila. Area On Wounded List

Sergeant Charles M. Kiker, an Army Air Forces aerial gunner, was killed in action in France on Jan. 14, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kiker, of 3556 N. Randolph st., have been informed by the War Department.

Another son, Private John W. Kiker, was killed last September while serving in France with a tank battalion. A third son, John, Jr., has been overseas since last April, with the Army. Sergeant Charles Kiker had been employed at the Apex Hosiery Mill before he enlisted in 1941. A fourth son, Kenneth, 18, is about to go into the armed forces. There are four other children in the family.

Extracted from Newspapers.com


See also Sgt Charles Milton Kiker Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF)
(FOIA request fulfilled by Archival Reference Technician George Fuller, NARA, St. Louis, MO)
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 Notes:
Shortly after take-off, A/C went into a slow turn to the left, crashed and exploded, possibly resulting from engine failure of undertermined reason. Both crew members were killed.

Description:
Again, an unexplainable take-off crash cost the lives of two of our crew members, Lt G.C. Van Meter and Sgt C.M. Kikar. The plane crashed north of the field shortly after take-off and exploded.
(416th BG History 1945)

See also AAR 45-1-14-517 and Mission # 185



Photos and Documents
1930 US Census
1940 US Census
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 31 Jan 1945, Wed Pages 1 and 5
Headstone Memorial
Headstone Memorial
Tablet Of The Missing
WW II Service Compensation Application
WW II Service Compensation Application
WW II Service Compensation Application
WW II Service Compensation Application
Rosters Of WW II Dead
WW II Army and Army Air Force Casualty List
National World War II Memorial Registry
National World War II Memorial Registry
American Battle Monuments Commission Certificate
 
 


Source information can be viewed at WWII Military Service Fatalities Sources