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JOHN MITCHELL HICKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1942 – May 14, 1967
Service recordJohn Mitchell Hicks, of Rutherfordton, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 118
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Rutherfordton, North Carolina (Rutherford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19E, Line 118
- CHARLES E HALFORDSpecialist Four · May 14, 1967
- DONALD KELCEY HALVORSENPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- HENRY GARFIELD HAMPTONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- KENNETH LEE HEARNLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH CARLTON HAILEYCaptain · Panel 19E, Line 117
- RAFAEL VALENTINMaster Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 122
From Rutherfordton
- HENRY HARRISON FORD JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1966
- JIMMY LEROY JOHNSON JRSergeant · January 26, 1968
- DOUGLAS GRANT BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- MICHAEL RAY STREETSpecialist Four · June 6, 1971
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.