Ralph Hickox, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRalph Hickox
United States Marine
Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1903
Date of Death: 18-Feb-1942
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Ralph Hickox
- Lt.
- Comdr.
- Ralph Hickox (August 29, 1903 – February 18, 1942) was an officer of the United States Navy during World War II. Hickox was born in Washington, D.C.
- Enlisting in the United States Marine Corps September 23, 1921, he was appointed to the United States Naval Academy July 18, 1923 and commissioned ensign June 2, 1927.
- In the peacetime Navy Hickox served in a variety of ships and stations and was finally appointed commanding officer of the destroyer Truxtun (DD-229) October 3, 1941.
- He had been commissioned lieutenant commander July 1, of that year. When his ship went aground in heavy seas off St.
- Lawrence, Newfoundland in Placentia Bay, February 18, 1942, Lt.
- Comdr.
- Hickox remained on the bridge directing rescue operations in a cool and fearless manner which inspired the officers and men under him and was instrumental in effecting the rescue of many of the members of his crew.
- However, Hickox was swept from the bridge by the pounding seas and lost.
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