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STEVEN GARY HICKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 3, 1948 – May 22, 1968
Service recordSteven Gary Hicks, of Napa, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 11
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
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Napa, California (Napa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 11
- WILLIAM BERNARD HAMACHERPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- JOE RAYMOND HINESFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1968
- DUANE FRANK HORGANLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD JOSHUA JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LIONEL TIMOTHY CLOVERSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 6
- JOHN HAROLD TOMENYSpecialist Five · Panel 66E, Line 1
From Napa
- JACK DANIEL LANELLISpecialist Five · August 31, 1965
- EDWARD WARREN WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- PATRICK DALE MORIARTYChief Petty Officer · March 9, 1968
- ARNOLD JAY FERRARIStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1968
- MICHAEL ROY CLASENPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT LEE COONRODPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY BUEHLERPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- RONALD ALLEN BEARDSLEYCorporal · October 31, 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.