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JAMES RUSSELL HICKS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 29, 1949 – March 6, 1971
Service recordJames Russell Hicks, of Stillwater, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 6, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 27
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Stillwater, Minnesota (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 27
- STEPHEN WALTER BURGDORFERSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
- HORACE LEE BURTONSpecialist Four · March 6, 1971
- JERRY FLORESSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
- JOHNNIE LEE PRYEARPrivate First Class · March 6, 1971
From Stillwater
- BRIAN CHARLES BROWNCorporal · February 19, 1967
- LLOYD MARTIN KUEHNSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KOLLERSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- JEREMIAH D MCGARRYWarrant Officer 1 · December 20, 1967
- HAROLD JOHN SMITHSergeant · March 2, 1969
- WILLIAM RUSSELL MACKEY JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- GARY DAVID GRABERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.