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CHARLES MICHAEL SIKES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 29, 1947 – July 28, 1969
Service recordCharles Michael Sikes, of Kissimmee, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 67
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Kissimmee, Florida (Osceola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 67
- FRANKLIN DANIEL SIBAYANSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- CURTIS DWAINE SMITHCorporal · July 28, 1969
- ERVIN RYNOLT SRB JRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- LESLIE ELROY WALKERSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY DENNIS DEMARCUSSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 64
- BERNARD JULIAN MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 66
- BRIAN GREGORY PARROTTPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 66
- LESLIE ELROY WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 67
From Kissimmee
- CORNELIUS J B CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- LARRY RAYMOND CLEMONSLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- LEWIS EUGENE SAMPLERStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- LUTHER EDWARD BALL JRPrivate First Class · April 13, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.