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EDWARD MORRIS PIKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 10, 1949 – January 31, 1968
Service recordEdward Morris Pike, of Hanceville, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Hanceville, Alabama (Cullman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 30
- LEEROY ELDRED PEEKSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- RAYMOND HORACE PIKE JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- BENJAMIN FREDERICK PITTSCorporal · January 31, 1968
- MARVIN JAMES PLATAMaster Sergeant · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER BRIAN CROWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 4
- ROBERT MICHAEL FINNEGANPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 7
- GERALD LAMPLEY FITTSPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 8
- LUEY VERNON HOLLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 15
- EVERETT WILSON JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 18
- TROY A LITTLEJOHNSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 22
- NORMAN LACY LONG JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 22
- RICHARD JAMES RHODESSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 32
- BENNY JAMES SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 36
- HAROLD RICHARD STAFFORDSpecialist Five · Panel 36E, Line 37
- PATRICK JOSEPH STRAYERStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 39
- GERALD DEWAYNE SULLIVANSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 39
- ANTHONY F VANHULLE IISpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 40
- MURRAY LEE VERONSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 40
- TERRY JOE WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 42
From Hanceville
- JACKIE JUNIOR FULGHUMPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- ERNEST BRYAN CUPPSergeant · April 5, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD HAWKSpecialist Four · March 30, 1970
- DANNIE LEE HAWKINSSergeant · May 29, 1970
- WAYNE REUBEN HYATTMajor · February 18, 1971
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.