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Personal info

Full name
FIKE, Roy Leon
Date of birth
13 December 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Belleville, Republic County, Kansas
Hometown
Black Hawk County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37697668
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
West ot the Rur River, in the sector of Düren-Merken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 10 16

Immediate family

Members
David R. Fike (father)
Arminta A. (Stilwell) Fike (mother)
Julius L. Fike (brother)
Dwight W. Fike (brother)
David Fike (brother)
Ernest E. Fike (brother)
Robert L. Fike (brother)
Lester J. Mellen (half-brother)
Joseph N. Mellen (half-brother)
Donna (Fairbanks) Fike (wife)
Terry M. Fike (son)
Ronny L. Fike (son)

More information

Roy Fike attended East high School and was employed by the Rath Packing Co.

He was maried to Donna Fairbanks on 30 August 1941.

He enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 29 May 1944 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Waterloo Daily Courier 5 January 1945 / Headstone and Interment Records, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Waterloo Daily Courier, www.ancestry.com - East Waterloo High School yearbook 1941