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KENNETH WAYNE HICKS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 12, 1945 – June 19, 1968
Service recordKenneth Wayne Hicks, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 34
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 56W, Line 34
- JOHN EDWARD GRANVILLELance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- JERRY LEROY ADDISStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1968
- JEFFERY H HALLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- WILBUR LEWIS J HALLOCK JRSergeant · June 19, 1968
- B C IZARDSergeant First Class · June 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EUGENE PROTHEROPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 1
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 1967
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.