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DON RICHARD SYKES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 31, 1947 – August 12, 1969
Service recordDon Richard Sykes, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 25
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 25
- THEODUS MORRIS STANLEYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- JAMES STANTONCorporal · August 12, 1969
- GARY LUCKY STEPHENSONCorporal · August 12, 1969
- BEN WADE STONEPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID STEPHEN DETERSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 12
- JOSE LUIS FLORESSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 12
- JONATHAN PAUL HASHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 15
- GENE RAYMOND KOSKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 16
- SAMUEL ALEXANDER PAPIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 19
- MARCELLO NUNEZ BARRIOSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 21
- LARRY ROMAN SCHMIDTSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 22
- JOHN JAMES SINCLAIRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 23
- CHRISTOPHER C WEBSTERSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 26
- LARRY JAY WHEELERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 26
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
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.