His parents Isaac and Bertha Kicis was from Bessarabia. He joined the Brazilian Army as a cadet-officer in 1932. He served as an Artillery captain, in the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in Italy and was mentioned in dispatches. He was the recipient of many Brazilian honours including the "Cruz de Combate de 2a. Classe", the "Medalha ed Campanha", hte Medalha de Guerra" and the "Medalha do Pacificador". General Kicis retired from the Army after a distin- guished career in 1968. Samuel Kicis was an honorable member of the FEB-Força Expedicionaria Brasileira contingents who fought on the European front during World War I. It fought in Italy from September 1944 to May 1945, while the Brazilian Navy as well as the Air Force also acted in the Battle of the Atlantic from the middle of 1942 until the end of the war. During the almost eight months of its campaign, fighting at the Gothic Line and in the 1945 final offensive, the FEB took 20,573 Axis prisoners, consisting of two generals, 892 officers, and 19,679 other ranks. Brazil was the only independent South American country to send ground troops to fight overseas during the Second World War, losing 948 men killed in action across all three services. After the end of his brilliant military career, General Kicis became an industrial and real estate entrepreneur. There is astreet named after him on site.