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VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMAN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 20, 1933 – January 14, 1964
Service recordVincent Joseph Hickman, of New York, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 14, 1964, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 40
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AIR CMDO SQ
- Born
- March 20, 1933
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1964
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1964; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1964, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 AIR CMDO SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1E, Line 40
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- CARL BERG MITCHELLMajor · January 14, 1964
- CHARLES MARTIN HASPERFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1964
Same unit, same day
- CARL BERG MITCHELLMajor · Panel 1E, Line 40
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
- GERALD MICHAEL ROMANOLieutenant (junior grade) · June 2, 1965
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.