OBIT: Ross R. FIKE, 1967, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  L-CPL. ROSS F. FIKE
  
    Lance Corporal Ross F. Fike, 18, Friendsville, Md., died May 15 aboard
  the hospital ship USS Repose in DaNang harbor, after being wounded in
  action in Vietnam.
    Surviving are his parents, Ross S. and Frances (Friend) Fike; two
  brothers, Jerry C., Addison; and Gene Allen at home; two sisters, Mrs.
  Linda F. Reckart, Deer Park, Md., and Elaine, at home.  His maternal
  grandmother, Mrs. Susan Friend Paugh, Deer Park; and his paternal
  grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Fike, Selbysport, also survive.
    The body will be returned to Newman Funeral Home, Grantsville.
  
  Meyersdale Republican, May 25, 1967
  
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