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MICHAEL EUGENE HICKS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 7, 1949 – June 11, 1969
Service recordMichael Eugene Hicks, of San Leandro, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 7, 1949
- Home of record
- San Leandro, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 21
- JACK LEONARD HAGERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1969
- PHILLIP DEAN HARDYCorporal · June 11, 1969
- FREDDY LEE HOLLOWAYCorporal · June 11, 1969
- MYLON RAY HOPKINSSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
From San Leandro
- ROBERT LEWIS ENGBERSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CLAE TERRY NORMANPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- LEO CHARLES LAWSONCorporal · July 25, 1966
- ARNOLD BRIAN WALLACEPrivate · January 25, 1967
- KENNETH EDWARD BYERSPrivate · April 4, 1967
- GAYLORD DEAN PETERSENLieutenant Colonel · September 11, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS ABINAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOSEPH D DAUGHTON JRPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- HARRY LEWIS BOYLESergeant First Class · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK WILLIAMSFirst Sergeant · January 8, 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.