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ROBERT JAMES DEIKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 17, 1947 – May 7, 1968
Service recordRobert James Deike, of Willoughby, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 22
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Willoughby, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 22
- WAYNE CLIFTON CYRStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1968
- STEVEN FREDERICK DAVISPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- ROGER ALLEN FESSENDENCorporal · May 7, 1968
- JAMES DONALD FEUCHTLance Corporal · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEROY BRADEESergeant · Panel 56E, Line 20
- JERRY WAYNE CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 21
- MACK SIMPSON JEFFRIESSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 25
- BILLY EUGENE MYERSSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 27
- ANTHONY JOHN NEMETHPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 28
- EDDIE BERNARD SANDSMaster Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 30
- GEORGE M VICTORSergeant First Class · Panel 56E, Line 33
- DONALD WINSLOW WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 33
From Willoughby
- JACK WILLIAM LOGAN JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- DONACIANO GUTIERREZ LOPEZStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1967
- HOWARD ALLEN MUCHASpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- TERRY WILLIAM JUDKINSPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- GERALD ALLEN LUPASPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- THOMAS LEONARD SEIFERTSergeant · May 15, 1968
- DAVID THOMAS BELLCorporal · June 20, 1968
- KENNETH BRUCE BIXELSergeant · December 15, 1968
- RUSSELL PATRICK FORRISTALLance Corporal · August 13, 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.