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DAVID ALLEN HICKMAN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
August 11, 1946 – December 4, 1969
Service recordDavid Allen Hickman, of Ft Walton Beach, Florida, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1969, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 24
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Walton Beach, Florida (Okaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 24
- CHARLES RICHARD JONESSpecialist Four · December 4, 1969
- JAKE MARTINEZLance Corporal · December 4, 1969
- CLEVELAND PITTSSpecialist Four · December 4, 1969
- DAVID CHARLES SCHOENEWALDHospitalman · December 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD ROWE SMILEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 25
- JOSE A VELEZ-HERNANDEZSpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 25
From Ft Walton Beach
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS DEROSIERSecond Lieutenant · September 19, 1966
- FREDDIE RICHARD PITTSLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT BUSHCaptain · July 24, 1968
- CARREL GORUM EALUMSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- JOHN WALLACE ISRAELTechnical Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- JOHN HAYES LAKINSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1969
- SAMUEL JUDSON MATHISChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 8, 1969
- PHILLIP LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- JOEL CRAIG YORKSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- FRED ALLEN GASSMANSergeant · October 5, 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.