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Lieut Thomas Gary Sikes

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Lieut Thomas Gary Sikes Veteran

Birth
Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA
Death
20 Dec 1968 (aged 23)
Quảng Ngãi, Vietnam
Burial
Bowman, Elbert County, Georgia, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.2017056, Longitude: -83.0242472
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First Lieutenant Thomas Gary Sikes was a 1962 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School, Jacksonville, FL and 1967 graduate of Mercer University, Macon, GA.
Lieutenant Sikes was the 2nd Platoon Leader, of C Company, 5th Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment (The Professionals), 198th Infantry Brigade, Americal (23rd) Division, United States Army Vietnam.
When Lieutenant Sikes gave his all in the Quang Ngai province of South Vietnam he left a wife and a one month old son that he never even saw.
His name is located on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in Washington, DC at coordinates 36W 053.
SGT Vincent Thomas Daiello and Lieutenant Sikes died within seconds of each other in the same ambush.
First Lieutenant Thomas Gary Sikes was a 1962 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School, Jacksonville, FL and 1967 graduate of Mercer University, Macon, GA.
Lieutenant Sikes was the 2nd Platoon Leader, of C Company, 5th Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment (The Professionals), 198th Infantry Brigade, Americal (23rd) Division, United States Army Vietnam.
When Lieutenant Sikes gave his all in the Quang Ngai province of South Vietnam he left a wife and a one month old son that he never even saw.
His name is located on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in Washington, DC at coordinates 36W 053.
SGT Vincent Thomas Daiello and Lieutenant Sikes died within seconds of each other in the same ambush.

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1ST LT 46 INF AMERICAL DIV
VIETNAM BSM - PH


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