The Wall › Panel 4W › Maine › Leslie Clyde Hicks
LESLIE CLYDE HICKS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 30, 1949 – March 2, 1971
Service recordLeslie Clyde Hicks, of Stonington, Maine, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 18
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Stonington, Maine (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 18
- ANDREW JOSEPH TOTH JRPetty Officer First Class · March 2, 1971
- CHARLES RICHARD ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1971
- ORIE JOHN DUBBELD JRFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1971
- ROY RAYMOND DUKESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1971
From Stonington
- DONALD HAROLD BARTLETTSpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
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.