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ROBERT DAVE HICKMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 10, 1929 – December 10, 1965
Service recordRobert Dave Hickman, of Wheeling, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 10, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 10, 1929
- Home of record
- Wheeling, West Virginia (Ohio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1965
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1965; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 8
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1965
- DONALD ERIC GLICKMANPrivate · December 10, 1965
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GRANNANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
From Wheeling
- JACK WEBB KLEIN SRStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1965
- MARTIN C KNAPPStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- DAVID WALLACE WICKHAM IILieutenant · December 17, 1965
- CHARLES E ANDERSON JRCorporal · February 18, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD MCCROBIECorporal · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE PAUL CUSTERLance Corporal · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH RONALD KLUGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY DUPLAGASeaman · July 29, 1967
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
- DAVID PAUL MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
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.