William M. Hickman
Private
Company B
145th Infantry Regiment
37th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: New Jersey
Died: September 29, 1918
William M. Hickman — Honor Card
Introduction
Private William M. Hickman was 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.
World War I Draft Registration Card
William M. Hickman — World War I Draft Registration Card
Honor Roll
William M. Hickman — Camden County World War I Honor Roll
Camden Courier-Post — May 25, 1930
Veterans at Gloucester Will Decorate Six Trees
Gloucester Post No. 135, American Legion, and auxiliary, assisted by Sons of Veterans and various other patriotic and civic associations, will dedicate six Japanese cherry blossom trees to the memory of six war dead, as part of their Memorial Day rites.
The trees will be planted at the county park and set apart officially with six markers, one for each memorial arbor. The trees were purchased by the Legion and the markers by the Auxiliary. The men to be honored are:
William M. Hickman, Company B, 145th Infantry, killed by machine gun bullets while taking part in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, September 28, 1918.
Sergeant Fred H. Baines, and Townsend G. C. Young, both of Company G, 114th Infantry, felled by bullets from machine guns and Argonne Forest, October 12, 1918.
John J. Sheldon, Battery A, 126th Field Artillery, died in the Third Scottish-General Hospital, Glasgow, October, 14, 1918.
David Barnaby, private first-class, Company F, 76th Heavy Field Artillery, died in Evacuation Hospital No. 8, Maven, Germany, on February 4, 1919.
Amon Lane, who had enlisted in 1812 [sic], and had renewed his enlistment on entrance to the World War, joining a mounted organization, was gassed while carrying a message through the lines, and died later in a government hospital in New York.
William M. Hickman — Fred H. Baynes
Townsend Young — John J. Sheldon
David Barnaby — Amon Lane