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ELVIS GORMEN HICKS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 9, 1931 – January 26, 1966
Service recordElvis Gormen Hicks, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1931
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 97
- GEORGE B FORDPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- WILMER NEWLIN GRUBBLieutenant Colonel · January 26, 1966
- LESSAINT PETER HUDSONPrivate · January 26, 1966
- STEVEN THURLOW JEWELLSpecialist Four · January 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- STUART JAMES ERNHARTPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 96
- GEORGE B FORDPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 97
- ALDO ROSSI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 98
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.