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RANDALL SHERWOOD HICKMAN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 6, 1939 – March 14, 1966
Service recordRandall Sherwood Hickman, of Cumberland, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 8
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1939
- Home of record
- Cumberland, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 8
- LIONEL RANDOLPHSergeant · March 14, 1966
- DANIEL FRANKLIN SHARPCorporal · March 14, 1966
- BILLY RAY SLADESergeant · March 14, 1966
- ROBERT EMERSON TAYLORSecond Lieutenant · March 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILEY COLE BIRKLANDSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 6
- GERALD WILFORD HEUSTONSergeant First Class · Panel 6E, Line 6
- BILLY WAYNE MORTONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 7
- FRANK MULLENPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 7
- LIONEL RANDOLPHSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 8
- DANIEL FRANKLIN SHARPCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 8
From Cumberland
- LUTHER ONEIL MCCORMICKStaff Sergeant · October 28, 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.