NNHS Class of 1968

(This page is woefully incomplete.)
 

Jerry Hicks

About 1950

4 July 1970
Madison, NC

 Crushed by Collapsing Walls While in a  Car Wash

United States Marine Corps: Vietnam

It dawned on me just this week that
Jerry Hicks ('68) passed away in 1970.
He spent 1969 in Vietnam; much of his
time there was spent in combat. After his year in Nam he came home and less than a week after getting back was on his way to visit his grandparents in North Carolina. He stopped to wash his car and while he was washing it, the car wash walls collapsed and killed him.

He was a great guy and is missed by all who knew him.

- Bob Parrish ('68) of VA - 07/14/04
Thanks, Bob.

I noticed that Bobby had given you some information concerning the death of Jerry Thomas Hicks, class of 1968.  Jerry was in the US Marines, not the US Army as listed.  Jerry was killed on July 4, 1970 in Madison, North Carolina.  If memory serves me correctly, Jerry had pulled into the car wash to get out of a storm with high winds and the storm caused the car wash building to collapse and a steel beam and wall fell on him.  Actually, he had been home for several months recuperating from wounds suffered in Viet Nam, which ultimately led to his discharge from the Corps.  Jerry had called me and wanted to go the the NCO club at Langley Air Force base, but I already had a date and had to decline.  The next morning, I flew out for a year on the Korean DMZ, that was in March.  In July, I received the newspaper article of his accident.  I wish I had canceled the date, Jerry was a good friend and is sadly missed.  His year in Nam was especially hard, physically and mentally. 

 - Jay Styles ('68) of VA - 01/27/06
Thank you, Jay.
 

Paul Randolph

 15 Oct 1950
Bay St. Louis, MS

12 Jan 2001
Yorktown, VA

 Heart Attack

United States Navy

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