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ROGER WESLEY FIKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 22, 1951 – February 18, 1970
Service recordRoger Wesley Fike, of Cambridge, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1970, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 27
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 22, 1951
- Home of record
- Cambridge, Illinois (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 27
- THOMAS CARL DAFFRONCaptain · February 14, 1970
- JAMES NICHOLAS DIEDRICHPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- GARY JAMES EARLYWINESergeant · February 18, 1970
- ROBERT EARL ELLISLance Corporal · February 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ENGLISH ASH JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 25
- JOHN FREDRICK BRADMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 26
- JAMES ROGER CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 26
- JAMES NICHOLAS DIEDRICHPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 27
- BRIAN MICHAEL FLANNERYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 28
- MAXIE DEAN LINAMSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 29
- ERIC WYCKOFF TAYLORWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 30
- HENRY TONY RAVAPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 31
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.