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DAN SELLMAN HICKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 10, 1946 – March 7, 1968
Service recordDan Sellman Hicks, of Williamsburg, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 44
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Williamsburg, Virginia (Williamsburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 44
- RICHARD DAVID HALLPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- RALPH LEWIS HAMMELLance Corporal · March 7, 1968
- STEPHEN WORTH HATHAWAYLance Corporal · March 7, 1968
- KRAIG SEWELL HOGANSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN FLOYD BOOTHSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 41
- CHARLES WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 46
- HOYLE MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 46
- JOSEPH JAMES MELNYK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 47
- CHARLES HOWARD RAMPLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 47
- LOWELL TODD PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 49
From Williamsburg
- GLENN DILL MANNFirst Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- CHARLES MILLS SHELDONCaptain · April 8, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS STEWART JRSpecialist Five · October 8, 1967
- HERBERT HAMBLY BUTT JRMajor · January 29, 1968
- CHARLES CHAPLIN HALE JRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- RAYMOND PAUL DELUCASpecialist Four · June 27, 1968
- TALMADGE HORTON ALPHIN JRStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- KERNELL PERSONE BRADSBYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- JOHN RICHARD CHAPMANStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- TERRY ALAN PALMFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 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.