Hicks, Jamar Avery

Jamar Avery Hicks was from Little Rock, Arkansas. He served as an active-duty soldier in the U.S. Army, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

On August 11, 2013, Sergeant Hicks was killed at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost province, Afghanistan. The Department of Defense announced his death was the result of a hostile incident. According to subsequent reports, the base came under indirect fire from insurgent mortar rounds.

Hicks died during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. By 2013, the conflict was in its later stages, with U.S. and NATO forces focused on training Afghan security forces and conducting counterinsurgency operations, particularly in eastern provinces like Khost.

Following his death, Hicks's body was returned to the United States. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star medals, according to military records and local news coverage in Arkansas.

Sergeant Hicks is remembered on memorial walls at Fort Campbell and in his hometown. His name is inscribed on the Arkansas Fallen Heroes Memorial in Little Rock.

Sergeant Hicks was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.

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