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PRIVATE WILLIAM M. HICKMAN
born on November 3, 1892 in Philadelphia PA, the son of William C. and Elizabeth Louise
Hickman. When the 1900 Census was enumerated, the family, which included
four other children, lived at 256 Grant Street in Philadelphia. The
elder Hickman worked as a teamster. By 1910 the family had moved to 836
Cumberland Street in Gloucester City NJ. They later moved to
613 Market Street in Gloucester City. When the Census was taken in 1910
both William M. Hickman and his brother Clyde were working as opticians.
William M. Hickman
registered for the draft on June 5, 1917 in Philadelphia. he was then
living at 3441 North 6th Street. He was working as an optician for
McIntire, Magee & Brown of 723 Sansom Street, Philadelphia PA. He was
called up on April 29,
1918, and was sent to Camp Lee VA for training. He went overseas as a
member of Company B, 145th Infantry Regiment. He arrived in France on
June 22, 1918.
On September 29, 1918
Private Hickman was one of 12 volunteers who endeavored to capture a
German machine gun nest in the Argonne Forest. He was shot in the hip,
and as he fell took a bullet to the forehead and was killed instantly.
He was the only one of the 12 to be slain.
William Hickman was
survived by his parents and siblings.
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