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ROGER ALAN HICKOK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 22, 1949 – May 17, 1970
Service recordRoger Alan Hickok, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 57
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 84 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- October 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 57
- RICHARD ALLEN HAITHCOXCorporal · May 17, 1970
- DAVID FRANCIS JOHNSONSergeant · May 17, 1970
- HENRY JAMES KETHESergeant · May 17, 1970
- DAVID WALTER SMITHSergeant · May 17, 1970
From Santa Maria
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 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.