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SHELDON WAYNE HICKS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 17, 1949 – June 7, 1969
Service recordSheldon Wayne Hicks, of Carmel, Maine, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 101
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Carmel, Maine (Penobscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 101
- JASON DAVID HUNNICUTTPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- DENNIS ANTHONY IASELLOSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- SALVATORE IOZZIASergeant First Class · June 7, 1969
- JOHN ANGELO KALIVASSergeant · June 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE R BURRAGESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 97
- DAVID ANTHONY GRILLYCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 100
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.