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JAMES BEN HICKS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 15, 1949 – June 24, 1970
Service recordJames Ben Hicks, of Strong, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 88
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Strong, Arkansas (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 88
- MICHAEL LEE CONKLINSergeant · June 24, 1970
- JAMES WALTER CRIDERMaster Sergeant · June 24, 1970
- MICHAEL RAYMOND DADISMANSpecialist Four · June 24, 1970
- ALBARO QUEZADA GARCIASpecialist Four · June 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ANTHONY CAPUANOSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 87
- THOMAS DAVID CATLINSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 87
- JOHN AZEL RINGHOLMCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 89
- RUSSELL EUGENE SLOUGHCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 89
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.