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ROBERT EUGENE HICKMAN
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
July 27, 1933 – July 1, 1968
Service recordRobert Eugene Hickman, of Marion, Ohio, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 1, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 29
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinist's Mate (MM)
- Born
- July 27, 1933
- Home of record
- Marion, Ohio (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 29
- JIM ROY GONZALESSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- WILLIAM WALTER HESTERPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- BERNARD HOLLIDAYSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- NICHOLAS ANTHONY ROMANOChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 1, 1968
From Marion
- BRUCE AUGUST NYSTROMCaptain · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN HENRY SCHULZPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- LARRY LEE GASKINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE WARNEPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- PERRY VERNANDO SHROYERStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE SPICERCorporal · March 1, 1968
- KENNETH DAVID THOMPSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- CHARLES JOEL BEHM JRSergeant · April 30, 1968
- JAMES CAUDILLLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- ERVIN BRADLEY ROBERTSSpecialist Four · August 21, 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.