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ARCHIE EVERETT HICKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1948 – September 24, 1969
Service recordArchie Everett Hicks, of Quincy, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 4
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Quincy, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 4
- JAMES EDWARD CROSBYPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- CHARLES WESTLEY ELLIS JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- FRED ANDREW GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- KENNETH NEAL HATCHSergeant · September 24, 1969
From Quincy
- EARL RUSSELL COBBPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.