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DAVID LEE HICKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 5, 1950 – September 21, 1970
Service recordDavid Lee Hicks, of Banning, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 81
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
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Banning, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 81
- TERRY LEE DEANCorporal · September 21, 1970
- EARL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · September 21, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM GREBBYChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 21, 1970
- THIERRY TIMOTHY G MAXIMSpecialist Four · September 21, 1970
- WILLIAM LYNWOOD TAYLORLieutenant Colonel · September 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK BART SANDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 82
From Banning
- WILLIAM JOHN LYONSFirst Lieutenant · November 4, 1965
- VERLAND ANSEL GILBERTSONSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- LYNN DOYLE SHUGARTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- GEORGE LEONARD LOPEZPrivate First Class · September 10, 1970
- ARTHUR PAUL ROBERSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1971
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.