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NIXON DEWAYNE PIKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 2, 1948 – February 18, 1970
Service recordNixon Dewayne Pike, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 31
- HENRY TONY RAVAPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- MICHAEL VERNON BLUDWORTHPrivate First Class · February 19, 1970
- DEAN WALTER BORROUSCHPrivate First Class · February 19, 1970
- WILLIAM RAY COGGINSSergeant First Class · February 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL STEVEN GRYDERCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 28
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.