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DALE ARTHUR ERDMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 26, 1948 – April 7, 1970
Service recordDale Arthur Erdman, of Augusta, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 103
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Augusta, Wisconsin (Eau Claire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1970; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 103
- ROBERT MERLIN ROBERTSONSergeant · January 27, 1970
- PAUL JOSEPH FRINKSergeant · April 7, 1970
- JOHN EDWIN HILLFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 1970
- HARRY DANIEL JOJOLAStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1970
- WILLIAM WALTER KLEFFMANPrivate First Class · April 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWIN HILLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 103
- HARRY DANIEL JOJOLAStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 103
- WILLIAM WALTER KLEFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 103
- MICHAEL PAULSENSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 104
From Augusta
- RODNEY JOHN LAWSONFirst Sergeant · March 12, 1968
- DANIEL LEE WESTLIEPetty Officer Third Class · January 10, 1969
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.