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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Joshua Hickman.

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JOSHUA HICKMAN

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

July 15, 1946 – June 2, 1967

Service record

Joshua Hickman, of Talihina, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 21E · Line 34

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Track Vehicle Repairer (63H)
Unit (as recorded)
C CO 704 MAINT BN 4 INF DIV
Born
July 15, 1946
Home of record
Talihina, Oklahoma (Le Flore County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 2, 1967
Age
20
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

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50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Talihina

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.