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JERRY THOMAS HICKEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1946 – January 10, 1971
Service recordJerry Thomas Hickey, of Cookeville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Cookeville, Tennessee (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 37
- KENNETH ALAN DAHLSpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
- DOUGLAS OAKLEY FORDCaptain · January 10, 1971
- LEWIS STEVEN HALLSpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
- WILLIAM THOMAS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS STEVEN HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 37
- WILLIAM THOMAS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 37
From Cookeville
- JOHNIE J WRIGHT JRMajor · February 19, 1967
- JAMES CABELL FARLEYPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- WAYMON CLAY ELRODCaptain · January 3, 1969
- CARL EDWARD GILBERTFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1970
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.