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CHARLES DARNELL HICKS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 12, 1948 – March 10, 1970
Service recordCharles Darnell Hicks JR, of Compton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 104
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
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 104
- BILLY JOEL GREAVUSergeant · March 10, 1970
- JOHN PATRICK HENRYSergeant · March 10, 1970
- DONALD WOODS HOLMANFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1970
- LEONARD KELLERSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD ROBERT DONALDSONFirst Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 103
- CARROLL WAYNE SPRAGINSCaptain · Panel 13W, Line 108
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 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.