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THOMAS EUGENE FIKE
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 1, 1948 – December 4, 1971
Service recordThomas Eugene Fike, of Friendsville, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 4, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 84
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Friendsville, Maryland (Garrett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 84
- RONALD PAUL REMBOLDTSpecialist Four · December 4, 1971
- DENNIS RAY STEWARTSpecialist Four · December 4, 1971
- ROGER LEE CHRISTENSENSpecialist Four · December 5, 1971
- RICHARD CHARLES PAWELKEStaff Sergeant · December 9, 1971
From Friendsville
- DANNY EUGENE NICKLOWPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROSS FRANCIS FIKELance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- CHARLES WAYNE HOOKSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
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.