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ARTHUR EDWARD HICKMAN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 2, 1934 – December 8, 1965
Service recordArthur Edward Hickman, of Hannibal, Missouri, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 1
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 2, 1934
- Home of record
- Hannibal, Missouri (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1965
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 1
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- RONALD M CANTERCaptain · December 8, 1965
- ROBERT KNAPP COLLINSCorporal · December 8, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS CORLECorporal · December 8, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 2
From Hannibal
- RICHARD MICHAEL MOYERSPrivate First Class · February 7, 1967
- DON FAUROT DIANMaster Sergeant · April 23, 1968
- JAMES LEAR GLOVER JRPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- DENNIS ROGER HUNSLEYFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1969
- DAREN LEE KOENIGSergeant · April 6, 1969
- THOMAS MONTGOMERY SMITHSergeant · April 14, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT HOLMESCorporal · March 29, 1970
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.