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BENNY JOE HICKS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 16, 1948 – October 11, 1968
Service recordBenny Joe Hicks, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 48
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 48
- GARY DOUGLAS KEMSKICorporal · October 11, 1968
- LAWRENCE CHARLE KLEINHANSLance Corporal · October 11, 1968
- PATRICK STEVEN LAIRDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- STEVEN WAYNE MARTINCaptain · October 11, 1968
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 1966
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.