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HIAWATHA HICKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 25, 1945 – April 21, 1968
Service recordHiawatha Hicks, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 20
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
- Finance Specialist (73C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SVC BTRY 7 BN 15 ARTY I FF
- Born
- January 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 20
- JACK DEE GOODESpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- RONALD DEVONE GRIFFINPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- LANE KORNEGAY HARGROVEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- EUGENE HARRISPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.