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JOHN MICHAEL WIKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 9, 1950 – February 26, 1970
Service recordJohn Michael Wike, of Centralia, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 60
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Centralia, Illinois (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 60
- ARCHIE CARL WABSCHALL IIIPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
- PETER ROBERT WIESNEIFSKIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1970
- GEORGE ALBERT YOUNGPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
- DARRELL WAYNE ASPEYCorporal · February 27, 1970
From Centralia
- MICKEY RAY GRABLECorporal · July 25, 1966
- JOHN ALAN ABRAMSLance Corporal · January 9, 1967
- BILLY DALE JACKSONPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- RICHARD EARL GITHENSSpecialist Four · May 29, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM HARRISLieutenant · September 23, 1968
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.