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DERRI SYKES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 4, 1947 – January 9, 1968
Service recordDerri Sykes, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 9, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 11
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 9, 1968
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 34E, Line 11
- THOMAS ARTHUR BOOKERPlatoon Sergeant · January 9, 1968
- VINCENTE RAMIREZ GONZALEZSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- RICHARD RAYMOND REHEStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1968
- FRED JASON SECRISTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROLAND BELCHERCaptain · Panel 34E, Line 4
- SISTO BOJORQUEZ BOJORQUEZPrivate · Panel 34E, Line 5
- LEE MARVIN CAPERSSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 5
- GEORGE STEPHEN SEHISergeant · Panel 34E, Line 5
- JACKY LEROY GARRETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 6
- HARRY LEE WATKINS JRSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 7
- TIMOTHY LAMBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 8
- GLENNON MARCUSSENSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 8
- DOUGLAS STEVEN MCILROYCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 9
- PAUL HAROLD OLIVERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 9
- MORRIS CALVIN PICKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 10
- DENNIS LOUIS PRESCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 10
- THOMAS ARTHUR BOOKERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 11
- RICHARD RAYMOND REHEStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 11
- EDWARD JAMES HARRIS JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 12
- MARTIN W WELESKI IIISpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 12
- JOHNNY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 12
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.