Steve Spencer De Nike
Specialist Four
B TRP, 3RD SQDN, 17TH CAVALRY, 1ST AVIATION BDE, USARV
Army of the United States
Haslett, Michigan
February 14, 1951 to December 30, 1970
STEVE S DE NIKE is on the Wall at Panel W5, Line 15

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13 Nov 2002

Two brothers... one place.... the wrong time.
We woke up that morning and all was well....
by day's end you were gone but never forgotten.
I brought you back home but part of me never came back.

You took my place on that mission.... the last mission for you.
I think you knew it was the last mission and you went.
That thought is always with me!

From his brother,
Donald L. DeNike
8009 Austin Drive, Troy, Illinois 62294
don.denike@charter.net


 
22 May 2004

I was in Basic Training with Steve DeNike.

He was a model soldier, very young, but disciplined and he had energy and a passion for the Army.

Learning of his death when I was in Nha Trang, serving as a medic in the 575th Medical Detachment, I was saddened immensely. Yes, Steve was young at his death, but he was a man. In my mind, I always picture him with his M-14 Basic Training rifle at port arms and with his helmet liner on. A portrait of a real soldier.

From a Basic Combat Training buddy,
Jim Friend
E-mail address is not available.


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Three men of B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 17th Air Cav, died in the crash of their OH-58A (tail number 68-16964):

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