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ROBERT ARCHIBALD SIKON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 17, 1949 – December 26, 1967
Service recordRobert Archibald Sikon, of Washington, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Washington, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 66
- BERNARD FRANCIS POBLOCKCorporal · December 26, 1967
- THOMAS MILTON VANZANDTFirst Lieutenant · December 26, 1967
- ROBERT EDWIN WOODSWarrant Officer 1 · December 26, 1967
- CARL EDWARD ABNERLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HENRY GAMBLEPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 63
- MATTHEW PAUL MALCZYNSKISpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 64
From Washington
- DAVID LEE RIZORPrivate · October 9, 1965
- JAMES JOSEPH REILLY JRSergeant First Class · October 10, 1965
- JAMES ARTHUR MCEWENFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1965
- ROBERT ELMER BRYANTCorporal · September 13, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL SLESH JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- LARRY GORDON SALISBERRYHospitalman · August 2, 1967
- DAVID ROSS MYERSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT GAYLORD FINDLEYPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT WALTZGunnery Sergeant · May 13, 1968
- GARY WILLIARD LEIGHTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
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.