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JAMES LARRY HICKS
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 26, 1948 – August 1, 1969
Service recordJames Larry Hicks, of Hilham, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 83
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Hilham, Tennessee (Overton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 83
- THOMAS CASTILLOSergeant · August 1, 1969
- GAYLORD KILA DEFRIESStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1969
- RICHARD EUGENE HOLZER JRFirst Lieutenant · August 1, 1969
- JOHN DAVID MUIRPetty Officer Third Class · August 1, 1969
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.