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WILBUR LEE HICKS
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 25, 1948 – February 28, 1969
Service recordWilbur Lee Hicks, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 93
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 93
- JERRY DON HARSSONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- HOWARD THADDEUS HAUGHT JRSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- DAVID KEITH JACOBSGAARDCaptain · February 28, 1969
- GARY LYNN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 88
- EUGENE COUTURIAUX JRSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 90
- CARTER JOHN FREUNDCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 92
- DENNIS ALLEN GROFFPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 92
- RICHARD WARD KEITHLINEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31W, Line 94
- PHILLIP ENOS ROSSONCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 96
- MICHAEL CORNELIUS WHALENSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 98
- JAMES WALTER WRIGHTCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 98
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.