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HAMP JUROME SYKES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 6, 1946 – April 3, 1966
Service recordHamp Jurome Sykes JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 82
- DONOVAN JESS PRUETTStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE SILLSStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- JOHN C WRONSKIPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- CLEVELAND FOSTERStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY B BOSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 79
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 80
- ARTHUR CYRUS MORRIS JRSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 81
- LARRY J NICHOLSSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 81
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.