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DANIEL EUGENE FIKE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 12, 1948 – October 18, 1968
Service recordDaniel Eugene Fike, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 73
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Uniontown, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 73
- WAYNE JOSEPH BENESPrivate First Class · October 18, 1968
- JIMMY CARROLL GREENCorporal · October 18, 1968
- VICTOR REYES HERNANDEZSergeant · October 18, 1968
- HARRY H HERNDONSergeant · October 18, 1968
From Uniontown
- JOSEPH GEORGE EVANS JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JULIUS JOSEPH VALINT JRLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BARRY ALAN ZAVISLANCaptain · March 6, 1967
- EARL FREDERICK BURKESergeant First Class · February 7, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT MCDONOUGHSpecialist Five · May 7, 1968
- SAMUEL DALE SHIMEKSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- LOUIS GERARD WHEELERSergeant · March 16, 1969
- HORACE LEE WARDELLPrivate · August 20, 1970
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.