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MANUEL ARTLAN HICKS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 25, 1947 – March 31, 1967
Service recordManuel Artlan Hicks JR, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 79
- A G HENSLEYSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
- RICHARD ALFRED HILLFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 1967
- GORDON LEE HOGANStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL J LAURIEPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- A G HENSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 79
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
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.