Hickman has been memorialized in the naming of an elementary school and a sports complex in San Diego.

[5] Another part of the rancho controlled by Mission San Diego de Alcalá would become the current neighborhood of Clairemont;[6] previously cattle grazing land, it was developed in the 1950s into one of the United States' largest postwar planned tract house suburban communities.

[1] For his actions that led to his death, Hickman was posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal.

[9] On 8 December, a United States Marine Corps two-seat F/A-18D had engine problems after taking off from the USS Abraham Lincoln during training.

[18] Instead of landing at Naval Air Station North Island, Lieutenant Dan Neubauer flew the ailing aircraft to Miramar.

[19] Neubauer and the aircraft were part of Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 based at Miramar.

[1] Neubauer ejected safely, landing east of University City High School;[20] he was later cleared to fly again.