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PRENTICE WAYNE HICKS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 11, 1947 – March 25, 1969
Service recordPrentice Wayne Hicks, of Huntsville, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 25, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 37
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 25, 1969
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 37
- BOBBY DALE JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- LEONARD WILLIAM LABOWSKISergeant · March 25, 1969
- EDWARD DONALD LAMOREUXPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- PHILLIP EDMOND LYNCHPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FORREST BLACKSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 32
- WILLIE CLAY DOZIERSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 34
- STEVE FLAHERTYSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 35
- CARTER LEE GRAVESSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 35
- ROBERT F MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 35
- MICHAEL LEE MALINSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 38
- RENE CLARENCE MISCHEAUXCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 38
From Huntsville
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · December 9, 1965
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY KIGERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- JAMES EARL PERRYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT L MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES EDMOND HUFFSergeant · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- LARRY GENE CLARKLance Corporal · February 4, 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.