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LARRY DAVID HICKS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 15, 1948 – September 24, 1970
Service recordLarry David Hicks, of St Ann, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 87
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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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1948
- Home of record
- St Ann, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 87
- JOHN WAYNE HINESPrivate First Class · September 24, 1970
- EDWARD JOHN LAKWACorporal · September 24, 1970
- MYRON RICHARD NABOZNIAKSpecialist Four · September 24, 1970
- BILLY HARRISON RATLIFFSergeant · September 24, 1970
From St Ann
- GERALD WAYNE ZIYPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD SUTHERLANDPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- ALAN JOSEPH ROBINSONCorporal · July 14, 1968
- CHARLES JACKSON WILSONLance Corporal · April 21, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BUDZINSKISergeant · April 24, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES WIESECorporal · February 16, 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.