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JAMES PHILIP HICKEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 3, 1949 – May 27, 1969
Service recordJames Philip Hickey, of Quincy, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- June 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Quincy, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 2
- MATTHEW T LOZANO JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- JIMMY WAYNE PHIPPSPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- ROBERT ARDELL PITTSPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
From Quincy
- GEORGE WARREN UNDERWOODSpecialist Four · July 23, 1964
- EDWARD ALAN BRUDNOCaptain · June 3, 1973
- RICHARD JOHN VASCONCELLOSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM GRANAHANLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- BRIAN PAUL AHERNLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- CHARLES LAWRENCE BIFOLCHIMajor · January 8, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PITTSPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- PAUL VINCENT GRASSOLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- RICHARD SHIRLEY DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- RALPH JOHN WILLARDWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1968
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.