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STEVEN MURDOCK HICKMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1949 – March 3, 1969
Service recordSteven Murdock Hickman, of Perkinston, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 24
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Perkinston, Mississippi (Stone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; six of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 24
- JEFFREY KENNETH GOSSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- SAMUEL NICHOLAS HARTPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- JOHN LOUIS HEISERLance Corporal · March 3, 1969
- BARRY DEVERE HORTONSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- DAVID JAMES PUGLIESISpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
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.