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DENNIS EUGENE PIKE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 13, 1947 – October 15, 1966
Service recordDennis Eugene Pike, of Petersburg, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Petersburg, Illinois (Menard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 77
- JAMES EUGENE JOSLYNStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
- WILLIAM THOMAS LONDONPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN MARCAVAGESpecialist Four · October 15, 1966
- ROBERT DOUGLAS MARLINPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
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.