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DOUGLAS HUGH KIKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 13, 1944 – November 21, 1968
Service recordDouglas Hugh Kiker, of Hamshire, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 27
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Hamshire, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 27
- THOMAS HOPKINSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- GARY WAYNE HULSESpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- CURTIS JAMES KAUPPSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- CLIFFORD MARTIN KUHNSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ANTHONY BARBOLLAPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 23
- WILLIAM SCOTT WATTSCaptain · Panel 38W, Line 31
From Hamshire
- JAMES CALWINN CAINCorporal · August 27, 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.