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ALF EDWARD ERIKSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 30, 1947 – June 7, 1969
Service recordAlf Edward Eriksen, of Lindenhurst, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 97
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Lindenhurst, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 97
- WAYNE R BURRAGESergeant · June 7, 1969
- MICHAEL PATRICK CALLAHANSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- RONNIE LEE CLAYBURNLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- SAMUEL CHAMPION COPELANDPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JOE BREDENKAMPPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 96
- DENNIS ANTHONY IASELLOSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 101
- THOMAS PAUL LANDMANSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 102
- KENNETH JOSEPH PITRESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 105
From Lindenhurst
- MICHAEL EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · October 21, 1965
- ROBERT ANDREW DORNERPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- RAYMOND WIDMANNLance Corporal · July 4, 1966
- JOSEPH JOHN DILANDROSergeant · March 21, 1967
- WAYNE JOHN MARQUARDTCorporal · September 2, 1967
- ALEXANDER CHISHOLMSergeant · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT JAMEISON REGINALDCorporal · October 28, 1967
- EDMUND ANTHONY OCONNORPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- DONALD ANTHONY TESTACorporal · May 7, 1968
- DAVID ARNOLD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
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.