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ALAN CLIFFORD ERICKSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 3, 1947 – July 29, 1967
Service recordAlan Clifford Erickson, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 22
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 3 ANTITANK BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 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
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 3 ANTITANK BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 22
- ROBERT LOOMIS ELLISONCorporal · July 29, 1967
- CURTIS DEAN ESKEWSergeant · July 29, 1967
- GERALD WYATTE FARRIERChief Petty Officer · July 29, 1967
- KENNETH LEE FASTHFireman · July 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MARTIN LYNCHSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 33
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.