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JOHN PATRICK HICKEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 10, 1946 – July 26, 1966
Service recordJohn Patrick Hickey, of Miami, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Postal Clerk (71F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 77
- JEROME CORDELL WINTERSCaptain · July 25, 1966
- PELLUM BRYANT JRStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1966
- JOHN E CHRISTIANSEN JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 26, 1966
- MARVIN CLYDE KILLIANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LORENZO COLUMBUS MAULDENPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 78
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.