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LEVIL HICKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 15, 1945 – June 29, 1969
Service recordLevil Hicks, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 31
- TIMOTHY GORDON BURCHETTPrivate First Class · June 29, 1969
- CHARLES FISHER CLENDENINSergeant · June 29, 1969
- COURTNEY JAMES COSGROVESpecialist Four · June 29, 1969
- RONALD RICHARD DEWYEASpecialist Four · June 29, 1969
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.