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Home Town Fairfax, VA
Last Address Washington, DC
Date of Passing Sep 22, 2001
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Sergeant Major (SGM) George Edward Loikow, 93, who served Military Order of the World Wars for 19 years, as the Chief Administrative Officer, died in Fairfax, Virginia, Saturday, September 22, 2001, of a heart attack. He lived in Falls Church, Virginia. He had retired from MOWW in 1988 at the age of 80.
Sergeant Major Loikow was the United States Army’s last World War II glider serviceman to leave active duty and the first enlisted man to serve as Administrative Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Army.
Loikow was the Chief Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) to three successive Army Chiefs of Staff and served as acting Sergeant Major of the Army pending formal establishment of that office in 1967 at Loikow’s suggestion. In 1968, at age 60, he retired from the Army.
George Edward Loikow enlisted in the United States Army in 1924 at the age of 16. He served in the Army until 1929 at which time he was discharged so he could assist his father in a delicatessen business in New Jersey.
After Pearl Harbor, he reenlisted in the Army. In April 1943, he transferred to the Headquarters of the 69th Infantry Division to become Division Sergeant Major at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Following this assignment he was transferred to the newly created First Allied Airborne Army in Europe. He participated in airborne operations until VE day.
Loikow spent the last eight years of his Army service as the Chief NCO to the Chief of Staff of the Army. For his service in the Army, Loikow received the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster and Bronze Star along with numerous additional U.S. and foreign decorations.
Loikow was a member of the Fighting 69th Infantry Division Association and, although not an officer, a Special Companion in the MOWW, a special status awarded specifically to him in recognition of his many contributions to the Order.
Sergeant Major Loikow is survived by his wife of 54 years, Frances Darby Loikow of Falls Church, Virginia; his son, John Darby Loikow and his granddaughter, Elizabeth Darby Hume Loikow, both of Washington, D.C. He was buried in Arlington Cemetery with full military honors.
WWII - American Theater
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
September / 1945
Description The American Theater was a minor area of operations during World War II. This was mainly due to both North and South America's geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict in Europe and Asia. Thus, any threat by the Axis Powers to invade the mainland United States or other areas was considered negligible, allowing for American resources to be deployed in overseas theaters.
This article includes attacks on continental territory, extending 200 miles (320 km) into the ocean, which is today under the sovereignty of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and several other smaller states, but excludes military action involving the Danish territory of Greenland, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Aleutian Islands. The most well known battles in North America during World War II were the Attack on Pearl Harbor (the first attack on US soil since the Battle of Ambos Nogales), the Aleutian Islands Campaign, the Battle of the St. Lawrence, and the attacks on Newfoundland.