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THOMAS ROBERT IKE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 2, 1946 – May 25, 1967
Service recordThomas Robert Ike, of Millington, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 104
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Millington, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 104
- ALFRED GEORGE KIRCHERStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1967
- REYNALD GERARD LEPAGEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- LARRY JOE LILESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MAGGIO JRPrivate · May 25, 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.