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ROBERT LYLE HICKS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 14, 1936 – May 22, 1968
Service recordRobert Lyle Hicks, of Champaign, Illinois, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 10
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
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 14, 1936
- Home of record
- Champaign, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 10
- ROBERT EUGENE HARRISCaptain · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES WESLEY HASKELLSergeant · May 22, 1968
- ANTHONY DWIGHT HATCHERPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- ROLANDO HERNANDEZLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
From Champaign
- RICHARD E NUTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CHARLES LESTER GETMANCaptain · July 19, 1966
- WAYNE EUGENE DAWSONSergeant · December 19, 1966
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY HOLTHOFFSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- STEVEN ANDRE BROQUISTSecond Lieutenant · May 14, 1967
- LLOYD LYNN HITCHINSSecond Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
- EDWARD WALDREN CRUMMajor · February 6, 1968
- DONALD MILTON DALESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH HENSONSergeant · March 27, 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.