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GRAHAM RAY HICKLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 5, 1942 – April 17, 1967
Service recordGraham Ray Hicklen, of Tyler, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 41
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Tyler, Texas (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1967; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 41
- EDWARD MICHAEL HOWELLSergeant First Class · April 17, 1967
- ROYD STEVE KERLEY JRSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- DONALD LYNWOOD MARTINEZSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- JULIO MASSO-PEREZPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD HAMILTON BRIDGESSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 39
- JOHN FREDERICK BENSE JRSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 40
- FRANCISCO GARZAPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 40
- JOHNNY WAYNE GOULDStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 40
- EDWARD MICHAEL HOWELLSergeant First Class · Panel 18E, Line 41
- JULIO MASSO-PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 41
- EARL LEE DERBYSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 42
- DAVID ALLEN RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 42
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 43
From Tyler
- CHARLES TRUITT COURSONCorporal · March 26, 1966
- A D MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1966
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- F G GIPSON JRLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- JOHN EDWIN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- RONALD RAY CONNCorporal · December 27, 1966
- PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY IISpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- ALBERT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HARRY DIWAIN SPIERPrivate First Class · July 10, 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.