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ROY DEAN SIKKINK
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
May 26, 1944 – July 19, 1969
Service recordRoy Dean Sikkink, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 19, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 23
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- May 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Chau Doc Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 23
- ROBERT LEE ROY SEEKAMPPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVIS STEELEStaff Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- WAYLAND DAN STEMBRIDGESergeant · July 19, 1969
- WALLATE FRED THIBODEAUStaff Sergeant · July 19, 1969
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.