Sgt Glenn Dale Hicks, Jr
Born: August 25, 1982 in Arlington, Texas
Died: April 28, 2007 in Salman Pak, Iraq
Sgt. Glenn D. Hicks Jr of College Station, Texas is a 2000 graduate of Arlington High School where he was a member of the Arlington Teen Court. He went on to attend Tarrant County College and Blinn College. Known best by his middle name, Dale, he enlisted in the United States Army in March of 2004 and served a tour in Iraq in 2005. His second deployment to Iraq was on March 9, 2007. He served as an M1A1 Armor Crewman. Dale enjoyed music, reading, camping, and sports cars, baseball and watching the Texas Rangers. He was a bit of a non conformist, an independent thinker who didn’t follow the crowd. Dale had his own agenda in what ever he did and trusted his own judgement above a more popular one. He leaves his parents, Glenn Sr and Susan Doskocil Hicks, three brothers, David, John and Samuel and his girlfriend, Samantha Criswell. Among his awards are, the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Good Conduct Medal and Soldier of the Month award. He died at age 24 in Salman Pak, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle was struck with an improvised explosive device and small arms fire during combat operations. Also killed were Pfc. Jay-D H. Ornsby-Adkins and Pvt. Cole E. Spencer.
Army
1st Battalion
15th Infantry Regiment
3rd Brigade Combat Team
3rd Infantry Division
Fort Benning, Georgia
Burial is at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery in Dallas, Texas – Sec 76 Site 1617
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