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THOMAS GARY SIKES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 2, 1945 – December 20, 1968
Service recordThomas Gary Sikes, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 53
- DENNIS FRANCIS MCGUIRESergeant · December 20, 1968
- RICHARD GIRARD MORINCaptain · December 20, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES NEUBIAPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- DALE HAROLD RANTHUMStaff Sergeant · December 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VINCENT THOMAS DAIELLOSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 49
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.