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RONALD EDWARD FIKE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 8, 1942 – June 28, 1967
Service recordRonald Edward Fike, of Burnet, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1967, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 77
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Burnet, Texas (Burnet County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1967; three of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 77
- HARRY BERNARD FRANK JRSpecialist Four · June 28, 1967
- ROY EUGENE GRANTHAMSpecialist Four · June 28, 1967
- RODGER THOMAS GROSSSpecialist Four · June 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL GREGORY BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 76
- EDWIN LENARD SHUBERT JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 80
- JACKIE G STANLEYSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 81
From Burnet
- PATRICK MICHAEL GOBLEPrivate First Class · May 7, 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.