Prentice Wayne Hicks

Vietnam War
Unit8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service FromHuntsville Alabama
Date of DeathMarch 25 1969
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Staff Sergeant Hicks was a rifleman with Company B, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. On March 25, 1969, he was on a road interdiction mission and was wounded several times. He was being evacuated when his unit was overrun. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.